€53.8 billion by 2043 to prevent the collapse of infrastructure in Catalonia. This is the calculation made by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce through its new Infrastructure Observatory, which produced the study. Strategic projects for Cataloniawhich affects airports, railways, roads, ports, logistics, and water transition. "Current investment must be doubled," summarized the Chamber's vice president, Miquel Martí. Without addressing the investment deficit, "the system will collapse," he said. The Chamber representative called for a national agreement on the matter, led by the Catalan government. The president of the Chamber and of the Council of Chambers of Commerce of Catalonia, Josep Santacreu, stated that the necessary effort cannot be undertaken "without a united effort," such as "a major national agreement on infrastructure," and called for "local management" of these projects.

The sign on the shoulder of the A-2, as cars leave the Anoia region behind and enter the Segarra, isn't the only indicator of the approach to the Lleida province. The color of the highway's pavement confirms it. This is highlighted by some of the drivers who regularly travel between Barcelona and the Lleida region, passing through the stretch between Cervera and La Panadella. Potholes and cracks in the highway mean that drivers and passengers are already accustomed to a bumpy ride, and the recent storms of rain and wind haven't helped the road's condition.

The Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, has come to Barcelona to deliver a message of calm. "There is money and there are many projects underway," he said at a meeting with business leaders at the Círculo de Economía (Economic Circle), before outlining the main initiatives and investments his ministry has planned for Catalonia; some as complicated and historic as the transfer of the commuter rail network, the expansion of the airport, and the improvement of access to the port.

Friday, November 19, 2021. 10:00 p.m. A Peugeot 206 leaves the road on a sharp curve and falls down a nine-meter drop. Two days later, the police locate the car, overturned and with the body of a 21-year-old man, David Pérez Sempere, inside. When the family reported the young man missing, the police went directly to the place where the car disappeared, kilometer 23.1 of the C-59, near Sant Feliu de Codines, in Vallès. They knew exactly where the accident could have occurred.

A quarter of the 39 fatal traffic accidents that occurred in the first three months of the year were head-on collisions. In this quarter, 41 people died, 46% more than in the same period in 2024, according to data released this Tuesday by the Catalan Traffic Service, the same day the Catalan government announced a €131 million investment to prevent head-on collisions. The plan, which will be rolled out over two years, includes installing rumble strips along 700 kilometers of the road network and 76 kilometers of reversible lanes on single-lane roads.

Chaos in Catalan mobility due to torrential rains that have affected a good part of the territory since early morning. The alert that yesterday at midnight already caused restrictions in nine regions of Tarragona has spread rapidly this morning, as has the rain, which has flooded motorways, streets and train tracks as it passes through Baix Llobregat and has caused serious incidents on the C-32, on the Cercanías and at El Prat airport.

The lifting of tolls has a direct effect on traffic, according to data from motorways where the tolls have been removed after decades. On January 1, 2020, several toll sections were lifted and during the first year of toll-free use, car traffic has increased by up to 40% despite the pandemic, according to data from the Ministry of Transport obtained by ARA.