Traffic jams expected over Easter, with 380,000 cars leaving Barcelona before weekend
Authorities call on drivers to be cautious at all times, especially on AP-7 highway
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Works begin to make two of Barcelona’s busiest streets more pedestrianised
Changes to city’s Pelai street and Meridiana avenue commence this spring to reduce traffic and increase mobility
No jail for man who caused first electric scooter death
Court to consider prosecuting him for reckless endangerment after he ran over 92-year-old while checking his phone, say reports
Police urge 'caution' on the roads despite 16% fall in fatalities
Some 86 people lost their lives in accidents between January 1 and July 15, compared to 102 in the same period last year
New campaign targets advice at foreign drivers on Catalan roads
With quarter of all fatal traffic victims from abroad, authorities work with consulates to design new strategy due to launch in summer
Snow covers most of Catalonia, causing minor inconveniences
Some roads have been blocked for a few hours and thousands of children had their schools shut down for the day. These have been the main effects of a small snowstorm that covered most of Catalonia during Wednesday morning. Catalonia has a wide diversity of landscapes, combining alpine mountains with river deltas, flat agricultural plains with rocky coasts, hills covered by forests with sandy beaches. This diversity is concentrated in an area the size of Belgium, which results in a wide diversity of climates. In the Pyrenees, snow is present for most of the winter, but this is not the case for the rest of Catalonia. In the flatlands around Lleida or in hilly areas of Girona or the northern part of Barcelona Province, it tends to snow at least once per year, but not in the rest of the country, where it only snows once every 4 or 5 years. Therefore, when snow arrives, transport problems and other issues tend to be also present.
Catalonia's infamous N-II road off limits to heavy load lorries after 17-year controversy
Poor road conditions and a high rate of traffic accidents have led the Catalan Government to approve a strict circulation restriction for four axle lorries throughout 90 kilometers (56 miles) of the N-II, a road linking Madrid with Barcelona and the French border, which has only one lane per direction. Although the measure is of temporary character, it has outraged roadside shopkeepers and lorry drivers, but neighbors from towns close to the highly-frequented road totally support it. According to the Catalan Ministry for Public Works, now is the moment for the widening project of the road drawn up by the Spanish Government in 1995 to be restarted after years of delay due to a lack of funding in order to improve road conditions for the main entrance road to Spain from France.
The speed limit of the highways in Barcelona’s Metropolitan Area is increased
The previous Left-Wing Catalan Government had set a maximum speed limit of 80 km/h for the highways inside Barcelona’s Metropolitan Area. Less pollution and fewer accidents were the measure’ aims. However now, after some controversy, the current Centre-Right Government changed the measure and today cars are able to circulate at 120 km/h again.