News / France-Italy road and rail freight chaos after Alpine rockfall

A major rockfall in the French Alps last week will continue to significantly disrupt road and rail freight routes between France and Italy for some time yet.

An estimated 10,000 m3 of rock fell from mountain sides overlooking the Maurienne Valley in France’s Savoie region. This led to a local road being buried under the scree while one of the bridges on the A43 motorway leading to the Fréjus road tunnel and a nearby railway line were also impacted by the ...