Traffic jams at the exit of Barcelona and on the AP-7 on the first day of the Easter holiday getaway
On both roads, an accident has forced the closure of one lane and caused traffic jams to build up
BarcelonaThe first phase of the Easter getaway operation is experiencing the first traffic jams this Friday afternoon on the outskirts of Barcelona and on the country's main arteries. The most affected routes at the moment are the Ronda de Dalt and the AP-7 highway in the Penedès. In both cases, an accident has forced part of the road to be closed, causing vehicles to accumulate on the same day that the Easter school holidays begin.
From midday until five in the afternoon, 162,000 vehicles have left the metropolitan area. According to the forecasts of the Servei Català de Trànsit (SCT), this represents 28% of the 580,000 vehicles that will leave the city by tomorrow, Saturday, at 3 p.m.
On the Ronda de Dalt, queues have reached 10 kilometers in the direction of Trinitat, between Esplugues de Llobregat and Valldaura. On this same road, a lane had to be closed in Les Corts in the direction of Llobregat due to an accident, which caused nine kilometers of slow traffic and stops, up to Valldaura.
On the AP-7, an accident has forced the closure of one lane and has left 7 kilometers of traffic jams and stops between Subirats and Gelida in the direction of Barcelona. The kilometer-long queues have persisted once all lanes were reopened.
At the same point on the same motorway, in the direction of Tarragona, up to 7 kilometers of congestion have been created, which have indirectly affected the A-2 highway at Martorell.