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Description of the project

The project concerns the 3rd lane expansion on the section between Bologna Arcoveggio (km 0+871) and the existing Ferrara Sud junction (km 33+738), covering a total length of approximately 32.9 km. Moreover, the project concerns:

• Updates to the acceleration and deceleration lanes at existing junctions (Bologna Arcoveggio, Bologna Interporto, Altedo, Ferrara Sud) and at the Bentivoglio Service Station;
• Demolition of 30 overpasses and reconstruction of 26 of them.

After the planning decisions were shared with Local Authorities, during the impact assessment procedure concluded successfully in 2018, the project was approved in 2022, following the Services Conference held on 10 May 2022. After imposing the restriction required for compulsory purchase, and agreement was reached between the State and the Emilia-Romagna Region. Following publication of the expropriations procedures, the Executive Project was submitted to the Ministry. Pending approval by the Granting Authority and the concurrent declaration of Public Utility, preparatory works (known as “Lot 0”) were completed in July 2025, including the temporary repair of the emergency lane and the establishment of two operational construction sites located in Malalbergo (known as “CB001 North”) and in Poggio Renatico (known as “CO002”).

Community initiatives

These initiatives, financed and designed by Autostrade per l'Italia, regard the installation of noise barriers:

• Access to the metropolitan area: strategic project for access to Bologna metropolitan area and the Province of Ferrara
• Green engineering: 17.3 hectares of new green space to integrate the new roads and 4.5 hectares of compensatory tree planting;
• Air quality: -63% NOx and -3% PM10s;
• Noise reduction: around 10 km of noise barriers + 2 direct interventions;
• Water protection: all the drainage system closed and controlled;
• Feeder roads: upgrade of the S.P. 20 and the construction of 4 new roundabouts;
• Local community initiatives: 2.7km of new cycleways;
• Recovery of excavated materials: 2.3 million m3 produced and 1.5 million m3 reused (approximately 70%);
• Photovoltaic energy: installation of an additional 3.3 MW of photovoltaic capacity.