From Tuesday 30 April, a special traffic operation will take place on the roads of Spain in connection with the holidays on 1 and 2 May, and the overall advice is to avoid traveling during unfavourable and very unfavourable hours. The circulation forecasts for the days on which this Operation ” May 1 – 2024″ will take place will be the following:
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Tuesday April 30, 2024
In the early afternoon there will be significant vehicle movements due to the beginning of the festive period, which will cause high intensities and traffic jams in the EXIT direction of the large urban centres, and also on the main access roads to the coastal tourist areas, second homes and mountain areas for camping, these becoming more pronounced as the afternoon progresses and in the late afternoon-evening they are placed in the destination areas.
On this day, during the afternoon and evening, traffic planning and regulation measures will be installed to facilitate the exit of vehicles from large urban centres.
The unfavourable hours for this day will be from 3:00 p.m. to midnight.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
From the early hours of the morning, intense traffic will continue in the EXIT direction at the entrances to the Community of Madrid with high traffic intensities and traffic jams, until late in the morning they will be placed in the destination areas.
During the morning, traffic management and regulation measures will be installed to encourage vehicles to leave large urban centres.
These long-distance movements will be joined by local short-distance movements because it is a national holiday, on coastal and mountain access roads, as well as destinations in recreation and leisure areas close to urban centres, producing the RETURN of the festive period of “May 1st” in the late afternoon in all the Autonomous Communities except in the Community of Madrid, causing traffic problems on the main communication routes that channel all return movement to these Communities.
The unfavourable hours for this day will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Thursday May 2, 2024
In the morning, the usual entry/exit movements to large urban centres will take place as it is a working day in all the Autonomous Communities, except in the Community of Madrid, which celebrates its regional holiday on this day.
For this reason, on roads in Madrid and its area of influence, short-distance journeys will originate to recreation and leisure areas close to the urban centres of this Community, with their return occurring in the late afternoon, as well as that of the who enjoyed the holidays in the Community of Madrid and its area of influence.
The unfavourable hours for this day will be from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday, May 3, 2024
The usual entry/exit movements to large urban centres will take place throughout the day as it is a working day.
In the afternoon, movements will be observed in the outward direction, mainly towards the coastal and second home areas at the beginning of the weekend.
The unfavourable hours for this day will be from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Saturday May 4, 2024
Traffic problems may occur in the morning at destinations, due to short-distance local movements and especially in accesses to coastal towns and coastal roads.
Sunday, May 5, 2024
In the early hours of the afternoon, the RETURN of this Traffic Operation will begin in the Central area of “May 1 – 2024”, both for those who enjoyed the entire festive period, and in all the Communities for those who took advantage of the end of week, with traffic problems occurring on the main communication routes that channel the entire return movement, with the general interest network, and motorways standing out for their intensity, and later in the afternoon-night, these problems are transferred to the accesses. of large urban centres. On this day, in the Communities of Andalusia, Valencian Community, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Madrid and Murcia, during the afternoon and evening, traffic planning and regulation measures will be installed to encourage the entry of vehicles into large urban centres.
The unfavourable hours for this day will be from 11 a.m. to midnight.
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