Rome, 11 October 2011 – Preliminary figures for the first nine months of 2011 report a decrease of 0.9% in traffic using the network managed by Autostrade per l'Italia, the Group’s main concessionaire, compared with the same period of 2010. Traffic for vehicles with 2 axles (cars and vans) is down 1.0% and for those with 3 or more axles is down 0.7%.