Fuel prices have already breached the psychological threshold of €3 per litre at some motorway service stations, consumer group Codacons reported Tuesday.

It analyzed the prices communicated by operators to the Transport ministry on August 24 and 25.

The highest price goes to the A22 Brennero-Modena motorway, where Supreme Diesel reached €3.159 per litre.

Elsewhere, prices have also reached extremely high levels.

On the A21 Turin-Piacenza motorway, for example, diesel has reached €2.729 per litre.

Extremely high prices are also recorded on the smaller islands: in Pantelleria, a litre of diesel now costs €2.799.

According to the Codacons analysis, other examples of the most expensive diesel fuel include the A4 Venice-Trieste motorway, where full-service diesel reaches €2.699 per liter; the A28 Portogruaro-Conegliano motorway, also with full-service diesel at €2.699 per liter; the A22 Brennero-Modena motorway, where full-service diesel reaches €2.659 per liter; and the A15 Parma-La Spezia motorway, where full-service diesel reaches €2.629 per liter.

Additionally, there are record-breaking prices for special diesel fuel: on the A21 Turin-Piacenza motorway, Supreme Diesel reaches €2.929 per liter, while on the A15 Parma-La Spezia motorway, Hi-Q Diesel reaches €2.879 per liter.

“No one is claiming that tomorrow all Italians will pay €3 for a liter of fuel, but the very fact that this threshold has already been exceeded at some stations should set off alarm bells,” says Codacons.

“Until recently, such prices would have seemed illogical; today, they are a reality at some stations.

“This is why Codacons is once again calling on the government to implement structural measures capable of protecting motorists from price hikes, avoiding temporary measures that offer no certainty to families.”