The first part of the departure process for the long weekend in Sant Joan ends with 190,000 vehicles already leaving the Barcelona metropolitan area on Friday.
They are expected to do the rest through Saturday morning 460,000 vehicles The Catalan Traffic Service calculates that they will leave the Barcelona area in a traffic operation Record numbers.
As happened on Friday, the road with the biggest problems is expected to be AP-7 where, in addition to the usual long weekend traffic, that must be added among the 120,000 spectators who will come to the stadium. Department of Catalonia To watch the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
The Catalan Traffic Service recommends, whenever possible, Travel by public transportation to Montmelo.
It is enabled on this highway Additional lane to the northern tram, between Montournes del Valles and SilsAnd another in the southern section Between Martorell and Vendrell. There will also be restrictions on heavy vehicles.
Since early Friday afternoon, queues and sections with delays have been recorded on AP-7 and other routes close to the circuit such as C-37 and C-17. The AP-7 is ripe for accumulation fins a 30 How much traffic to keep Towards the north the busiest section was the section from Cerdanyola del Valles to Mollet del Valles, where Arriving at the Circuit de Catalunya.
On the same route, in the southern direction, delays were recorded and two lanes were closed due to an accident between Roca del Valles and Linares in the northern direction:
There were also problems to trade through No-2 Between Cornella de Llobregat and Balega in the direction of Martorell due to another accident:
Drivers who tried to avoid the queues on the AP-7 and chose to take the C-32 to go north encountered stops between Premia and Vilassar, and between Cabrera de Mar and Mataro:
Another point with traffic coming to a standstill on Friday was C-58/C-16 On Terrassa towards the north:
Wide device
Throughout the weekend, Transit will deploy a special device in it Mossos will perform more than 1,100 inspections.
As a novelty, it will be launched A helicopter will fly past AP-7 It will act as an undetectable radar: it will be able to monitor cars traveling very fast.
Interior Minister Joan Ignasi Elena asked drivers to be careful: “We must demand responsibility. Let everyone who went out come back and not have to mourn the victims during these days, and let it truly be a riot.”
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