Preparing for Easter 2019 Final plans have now been set out for the special operation on the roads of Spain to ensure the safest movement of traffic for the Easter period, when 15.5 million long-distance trips are expected, 7.4% more than last year. The operation begins at 15:00 (3 p.m.) on Friday 12 April, and ends at midnight on Monday, April 22, 2019. Easter … Read More
Where is Your Top Destination this Easter? #TopVacacional The Director General of Traffic, Pere Navarro, has presented the details of this year´s special operation to deal with the flow of traffic around the Easter holidays, with the usual emphasis of ensuring a smooth flow of traffic whilst preventing traffic related incidents during the 10 day holiday period. During the Easter holidays of last year, 190 people didn´t return … Read More
When Will the Roads of Spain be Busiest This Easter? Tuesday sees the start of the second and most important phase of the special operation monitoring traffic flow for the Easter holiday period. The operation begins in all autonomous communities, with the exception of Cantabria, Catalonia and the Valencian Community, where it begins on Thursday. This phase is considered the most important of the year because of the volume and … Read More
Preparing for Easter As one of the busiest periods of the year on Spain´s roads gets underway, the DGT has launched a special operation to ensure the safest and smoothest flow of traffic, as the sharp increase in vehicles offers a potential for delays, incidents and other traffic problems. The Plan The special operation runs from 15:00 on Friday, April 7, until midnight … Read More
Special Easter Operations Begin The special traffic monitoring operation that covers the Easter period began on Friday, with a total of 14.5 million long-distance journeys expected on the roads of Spain between now and the 28th of March. Like many special operations, the flow of traffic intensifies from the inland and city areas at the start of the period, and just before Easter weekend, … Read More
Thursday Saw 180 Kilometres of Traffic Queues The Spanish road network has returned to a calm normality late on Thursday evening after one of the busiest anticipated days of the Easter holiday period. One of the areas still registering queues into the evening was around the Torrevieja area, with the usual 8 kilometre stretch of the N-332 still moving slower than normal at the 16:30 time check. … Read More
Phase 2 of Easter Traffic Operation Begins Today Last weekend saw the roads of Spain start to look a little bit busier in the run up to Easter, but today sees phase 2 of the special operation commence, which starts at 15:00 on Wednesday, 1st April, and runs until 24:00 on Monday, 6th. Many coastal and mountainous residents have already noticed that Easter this year is set to be … Read More