Traffic jams across Spain between now and January 7 with 12-kilometre tailbacks outside cities
Monday, December 22, 2014 @ 12:32 AM
PRE-CHRISTMAS traffic is already mounting up and is expected to continue in the same vein until around Wednesday, with tailbacks of up to 12 kilometres at the exits of most of Spain's major cities.
According to the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), this weekend has already seen gridlocks on the A-1, M-40 and A-2 leading out of Madrid, and the B-10 and B-20 leaving Barcelona.
Further south, the A-92 and N-630 near Sevilla has been nose-to-tail and the V-30 and V-31 outside Valencia, near Alfafar and in particular on the road to the airport have been rammed.
Motorways and sliproads leading to airports, particularly those in 'expatriate belts' such as those of Alicante, Málaga, Murcia and Valencia are expected to see ongoing gridlocks adding considerable extra time onto journeys as foreign residents return to their home countries for Christmas.
Up to Wednesday night, some seven million cars are expected to be out on the roads, with Christmas Day falling on Thursday, although many workers are likely to take Friday off – as Boxing Day is not a bank holiday in Spain – to give them a long weekend.
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