Near the first anniversary of the free status of the four major Catalan motorways and four years after a commitment not to renew the expiring tolls concession (AP7, AP2, C32, C33), the government is still unclear on how to pay for the maintenance of Spanish roads. This was stated by this Tuesday. Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban AgendaRaquel Sánchez assured in an interview on Radio Catalunya that salvaging this model is not an option, but she also acknowledged that an alternative has yet to be identified, despite the discussion being open for months.
In another interview on Catalunya Ràdio, Sánchez Spain refused to impose tolls on its highways again, and the Government chose to seek consensus between autonomous communities and carriers. establish a maintenance system for these roads “in line with what has been done in the rest of Europe”.
“We have to bring together system to keep roads running smoothly”, the head of department introduced it by talking about a “fair”, “balanced” model that, according to its criteria and has long been pointed out, should allow the maintenance and financing of roads, and in line with European strategies.
Sánchez just pointed out as a direct example: bullet or pay per use, but didn’t give any further hints about it. “It’s being analyzed,” he assured. It should be a model that receives the support and agreement of the relevant administrations and the most affected sectors and takes into account the diversity of our region.” What is very clear from his speech is that returning the tolls as they are is not an option.
Gas discount
On the other hand, the Head of Transport left the door open to extend the 20-cent bonus for every liter of gas any vehicle fills at a gas station beyond December 31. The idea is to do an analysis of how the measure is working near that date and see if we “should expand it or transform it into another structured measure,” Sánchez said.
As for Trànsit’s suggestion to reduce speed in various parts of the AP7, it’s less concrete, but not a closed door either. “We did not receive this open request,” the minister said. “But once we have it, we’ll analyze it,” he added. “Any measures that may serve to give roads better functionality, we will be open to review them”, but made it clear that the traffic competence belongs to Generalitat.
Source: Informacion
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