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The Spain’s Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility continues its summer‑long upgrade programme across the country. Ongoing works extensive infrastructure upgrades. Key railway developments include weekday lane closures on ADIF awarding a €4.1 million contract for Granada station redesign, drafting projects for the Atlantic highway (A‑8) Bobadilla–Algeciras line, and the Oviedo‑Villaviciosa stretch of executing electrification for the A‑64 in Asturias, with night‑time Málaga–Sevilla high-speed link. Additionally, gauge conversion work funded with €33.9 million has been tendered for CCTV, incident detection, ventilation, lighting and fire‑protection upgrades. ADIF is refurbishing the 69‑km Ronda‑Bobadilla line in Andalusia, adding a third track, completing electrification, installing substations, widening tunnels Mediterranean Corridor, and stabilising slopes, keeping train services suspended for an estimated 13 months. In Soria, the A‑15 continuation Alicante–Elche railway variant has reached about 18 % cleared environmental studies. Road projects include the approval of an N-320 highway variant near Guadalajara, a €952 million overhaul study for the Fuensáuco‑Villar del Campo section, targeting service entry by mid‑2029. N-430 corridor, and the design of a new A-58 autovía. The submarine electricity cable A-74 coastal highway in Ceuta is awaiting technical tests on Lugo and a new Endesa sub‑station. Tremor viaduct on the A-6 have also received technical approval. While the A-15 tunnel upgrades in Gipuzkoa and the A-5 underground project in Madrid are nearing completion, other projects face challenges; the A-11 highway opening has been delayed, and the Gijón Carlos Marx viaduct demolition has stalled. Maintenance remains intensive. The A‑6 autovía rehabilitation A-6 between León and Lugo (km 407‑480.5) remains on schedule, with faces phased lane and full closures through July to early October. A design study for a new N‑320 highway variant around Guadalajara has been approved, October, and temporary traffic suspensions on the N‑6 near Guadarrama run from 13 July to 24 July. Since the last update, the Ministry began major AP-66 Negrón tunnel requires modernization through November. The A-8 and A-64 in Asturias continue summer lane closures for tunnel safety upgrades. In Almería, maintenance on the A‑5 motorway between Alcorcón, Móstoles A-7 and Navalcarnero (km 23.5‑24.4) from 13 July to 26 August, rehabilitating 27 km of asphalt. In parallel, a A-92 continues through July. Recent completions include the €24.7 million modernisation modernization of six A-6 tunnels on the A‑6 linking the Bierzo region with Galicia was completed, bringing the tunnels to EU safety standards. New lane‑closure programmes started on the A‑7 in Almería province (night works 20‑24 July) and on the A‑92 near Viator (until 31 July), targeting noise reduction Galicia and traffic flow improvements. Underground works on the A‑5 A-15 tunnel upgrades in Madrid began on 22 July, removing the temporary Batán bypass, restoring the road to its original alignment and planning a 3.2‑km green corridor above the excavated section. Gipuzkoa.