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Catalonia AP-7 highway policy and toll debate

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Catalonia AP-7 highway policy and toll debate

In late July 2026 2026, the Catalan government began advancing a new approach to the AP‑7 AP-7 motorway. On July 25, ERC leader Oriol Junqueras announced a proposal to create proposed creating a public investment vehicle that would vehicle, the Societat Mercantil d'Inversions de Catalunya, to allow the Generalitat to take over the execution of manage maintenance and capacity‑expansion capacity-expansion works on the AP‑7, while the Spanish state would retain retains ownership and financing. The plan called for a bilateral meeting with the central government to formalise the arrangement, and was presented as a step toward greater fiscal autonomy after Junqueras cited a recent state audit showed showing Catalonia received a small share only 8.6% of the 2025 regionalisable investment budget. Two days later, budget as justification for seeking greater fiscal sovereignty. President Salvador Illa described the proposal as “welcome” but called for a measured debate focused on July 27, regional tourism sustainability, EU environmental directives, and hospitality groups shifted safety. Simultaneously, the discussion toward funding and traffic management. The Girona hospitality federation urged the reintroduction of tolls that had been removed in 2021, arguing that citing a 40% rise in traffic volumes and heavy‑vehicle traffic had risen sharply, leading an 80% increase in heavy-vehicle traffic, which they link to congestion, a rise in accidents, and increased thefts. They proposed By late August 2026, the debate shifted toward active policy implementation. Interior Minister Núria Parlon announced that an interdepartmental working group will be established this autumn to evaluate various strategies, including the possibility of returning to a fair‑priced, concession‑managed paid toll system to improve safety, fund maintenance and control tourist traffic. The same snapshot model. President Illa also highlighted suggested that the 2021 decision to eliminate tolls might have been a language‑training campaign for Catalan‑speaking staff in mistake. In the tourism sector. Together, interim, the entries show Catalan Transit Service is deploying a broadened debate over how the AP‑7 should be managed, funded and regulated, involving both governmental reforms and stakeholder demands ten-measure shock plan. This includes a mobile application for tolls real-time traffic alerts, AI-driven variable speed systems between Maçanet de la Selva and safety measures. El Vendrell to predict accidents, new mobile radar units, and increased police inspections of heavy vehicles.

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  1. 2026-08-21 13:54 UTC Catalonia AP-7 highway policy and toll debate
  2. 2026-07-28 16:36 UTC Catalonia AP-7 highway policy debate

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