Naples – A long line of cars and motorcycles at a crawl to say "no" to yet another toll increase. The Naples ring road was once again the scene of protests this morning, when a slow-moving march crossed the city's main thoroughfare to protest the toll increase scheduled for January 1, 2026, which would bring the toll to €1,05.
The demonstration, which began at 10:15 a.m. in Fuorigrotta, brought together politicians, lawyers, and Neapolitan civic figures. Leading the march were the RaNaples motorcyclists—wearing their trademark frog masks—and Ducati Bunny, followed by dozens of citizens calling for the liberalization of the trade.
A penalized city
"Citizens are tired of paying for no services in return," said Francesco Emilio Borrelli, a member of the Green-Left Alliance and the initiative's promoter. "From 2026, we'll pay more due to inflation, but the ring road still suffers from traffic jams, endless construction sites, and a lack of maintenance. It's unacceptable that Europe's only remaining toll highway continues to burden Neapolitans without any real improvement in quality."
Alongside Borrelli were regional councilor Carlo Ceparano, municipal councilors Rino Nasti and Gianni Caselli, and Portici municipal councilor Aldo Agnello.
The proposal: tolls only at the city limits
Not just a protest, but also a technical proposal to ease the burden on residents. During the demonstration, the idea of a petition to eliminate internal toll booths was relaunched. "The goal is to charge only those entering the city from outside," Borrelli explained. "Those traveling between Naples' neighborhoods shouldn't be tolled. It's a solution already adopted in other Italian cities that would ease urban traffic congestion."
Attorney Angelo Pisani, who has been a front-line advocate for motorists' rights for years, agrees: "The ring road is, in effect, an urban road. Charging a toll to travel within your municipality is a violation of the right to mobility that penalizes families and workers."
The clash with the Government
The battle for Naples is now moving to the national level. Borrelli harshly attacked the government: "While solutions are always found for the large concessionaires and insurance companies, the response for citizens is impotence. Naples cannot be treated like a cash machine."
Today's demonstration promises not to be an isolated incident. Organizers have already announced new initiatives unless concrete signals are received from the government and the management company.
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Comments (97)
I'm going down today too, too many price increases
For years now, we shouldn't have paid anything other than a 5 cent increase, you're a fool...
Please protest against other price increases, such as insurance. Those who don't file claims don't deserve such rates. Points of view.
Silvana Liberato maintenance and employees who pays them???
But how do they do it in other cities? Why do you insist so much on things that are rightfully ours? Because Neapolitans have to pay, and Lombards, Venetians, Romans, etc. don't?
Without a toll, the ring road will become a sieve. No one will be able to carry out maintenance at that level, not even the municipality, and Neapolitans will find themselves with such an important artery in disrepair in a few years.
this is the only certainty.
Why do we always have to pay this bill?
In Naples, third-party liability insurance costs double what it does in the north and is the most expensive in Europe. The new budget law includes a 15% increase, and these people are rebelling over a 5 cent increase in the ring road toll... My goodness, that's how you like to be taken for a ride!
The only thing left is the revolution, or these people will only get worse!!!@
Fabrizio Divo De Pascale Fabri are not the 5 cents and they always make money on us with something that exists only here as if we were chickens to be plucked
Those are the problems of those who do it! While the toll is a theft.
Guglielmo Barberio, do you realize what you're talking about? The Naples ring road is a river of money every day, 24/7. You could pay 50 cents for maintenance and all the related services. And what's the point of our taxes, surtaxes, and countertaxes? The problem is that they want to get richer and richer. We can only envy the French people, because we're a bunch of sheep.
Giovi Napoli can't even reach it with a ladder. The city is falling apart and they're protesting for five cents.
Fabrizio Divo De Pascale, don't you put the city that is falling to pieces there?
Isola Verde are the most tattooed in Italy, a city that is falling to pieces and then they do the Masaniello for five cents
Giovi Napoli For Everything!!
Susy Bi, what a useless person you are.
For Epiphany I was in Naples for three days and made 12 purchases between the hotel, restaurant, and parking, etc. I only received 3 receipts, you decide.
The money from the ring road goes to Lombardy
Too little
Yes, we must rebel and no longer passively accept every imposition.
You voted for Meloni and Chest and .
Salvatore Amato, it's useless to write on Facebook.
Why didn't he ask for them when he paid…
Bravi
Maria Giovanna Gargiulo I agree with you in fact why complain when so many don't pay taxes they have to take from somewhere even if unfortunately they are wasted and stolen.
No one has to pay
Protesting about the ring road? Why not protest about the price increases for food, utilities, gasoline (excise duty), etc. Something doesn't add up.
We paid for it a thousand times over, bastards
But don't talk nonsense
Susy Bi in fact I was one of those…
I spent between 45 and 50 euros a month.