The highway to Barcelona, to be recharged soon?
It may now be necessary to pay to reach the Catalan capital by motorway, this is the consequence of a recovery plan decided by the Spanish government.
Much loved by the French who want to escape for a weekend in Spain, the motorway that connects Perpignan and Barcelona became free shortly after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez came to power in 2018, the latter having in fact chosen not to renew the motorway concessions, making them free.
But the Covid crisis took place, forcing the Spanish government to implement various measures to bring money into the coffers. The end of freeways is one of them, but the government has not yet specified whether this necessarily means the return of tolls or whether a vignette system could be instituted. This is what the independent reveals, adding that only professionals could be affected.