San Pedro road works
July 8, 2009 - Posted in Articles
Did anyone realise that the tolls on the AP7 between San Pedro had been waived last weekend to try and reduce the traffic congestion on the A7 (N340) in San Pedro?
I certainly didn’t until I read about it in the Sur in English, after the event! It would appear that this move only increased traffic flow on the toll road by 13% which isn´t surprising if, like me, nobody knew about it.
Apparently the toll was only waived between San Pedro and Estepona. If you drove diirect from Marbella to Estepona you had to pay the full toll. Now, in order to enter the Toll road at San Pedro you would have to sit in the greatest part of thetraffic queue for San Pedro, then turn right onto the Ronda Road, head inland and join the toll road north of San Pedro. You would probably get to Estepona quicker by continuing through San Pedro!
Marbella Town Hall have already, and quite rightly in my opinion, said that this isn’t enough and have asked the Government to waive charges on the toll Road for the whole of July and August. I hope that for once they listen. The toll road should be free for the whole of the holiday season from Marbella right the way through to Estepona. It should be widely publicised and all the overhead gantries should be changed to tell people that the road is open and free.
Come on Spain, lets show the viistors that they are welcome and that we want to make their stay here as pleasant as possible!
Until next time
Michael
One Response to “San Pedro road works”
Michael
In Madrid sits Zapatero. That means as long as more business people then labour party voters drive on the toll road, there is no way he makes it free of charge.
He needs the money from all those Mercedes and Ferari drivers to pay for the construction workers of the Plan E (España)
Someone noticed the ironie?
Wolfgang Brand
By Wolfgang Brand on Jul 8, 2009