Basque roads are recording higher traffic growth than expected this summer
The Basque Government has taken stock of the Special Summer Exit and Return Operation on the equator of this operation, noting that the Basque roads have recorded higher traffic growth than expected in this first month of operation.
According to data provided this Saturday by the Director of Traffic of the Basque Government, Estibaliz Olabarri, the number of vehicles travelling from France and the rest of Europe to Portugal and North Africa has increased. This summer,international traffic has increased by 4.5% compared to 2024, an increase of 3.8% was expected.
Despite the increase in the number of cars, Olabar has stressed that traffic is passing "relatively smoothly", with no traffic jams and no significant incidents.
Important dates
In the exit operation, the largest flow of international vehicles on the Basque roads will be recorded this weekend (25, 26 and 27 July) and the following weekend ( 1, 2 and 3 August). During all these critical days, the Directorate of Traffic will put in place special signs to ensure the flow of traffic and minimise the risks of road safety at the exit of the AP-1 and the link of the N-622, Etxebarri-Iña, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Vitoria-Gasteiz.
And in Operation Return, the most critical dates will be the last two long weekends of August, from Thursday to Sunday, as the holiday return takes place in a much more gradual manner, that is, from 21 to 24 August and from 28 to 31 August. During these days, a special signalling device will be installed at the Armiñon link, at the link between the AP-1 motorway and the A-1 motorway, in the direction of Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Five dead in a month.
Since the start of Operation Exit on 27 June, five people have died in road accidents in the Basque Country. The fatalities have been two motorcyclists (a 57-year-old woman in Biakzia and a 75-year-old man in Gipuzkoa), a trirrinari (a 53-year-old man in Gipuzkoa) and two pedestrians (a 62-year-old man in Gipuzkoa).
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