AP-7, AP-1 and AP-4 to be toll-free, pledges minister
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 @ 8:14 PM
SPAIN'S new minister of public works, José Luis Ábalos has announced plans to scrap the tolls on three motorways when their franchises come up for renewal this and next year.
The previous national government had pledged to do so, but appeared to be backtracking, and other promises relating to essential transport infrastructure and highway safety have been systematically broken, leaving local councils and residents sceptical and disillusioned.
Both have been clamouring for well over 15 years for the AP-7 to become toll-free or bypasses built - as well as the tolls costing more than the petrol for the same journey, long-distance lorry drivers avoid it to cut costs, clogging up town centres all along the east coast.
Running from Tarragona to Alicante with a break in the middle, the two stretches motorists have to pay to use total 378 kilometres.
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