Less vehicles than expected in the Easter Week operation in Barcelona

A total of 365,100 vehicles96.1% of those expected, have left the area of Barcelona between noon on Holy Thursday and 3:00 p.m. on Good Friday in the operation out of Easter, which has ended with one death in an accident and with a peak of retentions in several sections that have totaled 150 kilometers. As reported by the Catalan Transit Servicebetween 3:00 p.m. on Thursday and the same time on Friday, 365,100 vehicles have left the metropolitan ring of Barcelona, ​​96.1% of the 380,000 expected and 3.2% less than last year, although yesterday for In the morning there were drivers who anticipated the departure.

In the framework of the exit operation, a fatality has been registered. The accident occurred this past dawn, when a car left the road on the L-310, in tarrega. The driver is deceased.

In addition, since the beginning of the festive period -last weekend- another death in an accident has been registered. In this case, the driver of a car that collided head-on with a truck last Wednesday on the C-221, in the town of Tarragona Bat.

Mountain and beach destinations

According to Trànsit, the mobility of the outgoing operation has been distributed in a similar way to destinations of mountain and beach. The trips to the coast they have concentrated on the AP-7 and the C-32. In the direction of the mountain, the drivers have especially taken the C-16.

Throughout this Friday morning, the main withholdings have accumulated between 11:00 and 13:00. The traffic jams They have been noticed above all in the 12 noon time slot, which has been the rush hour exit, with 30,000 vehicles leaving the metropolitan area.

According to Trànsit data, the peak of retentions in all Catalonia He has covered 150 kilometers in several sections. This is a slightly lower figure than last year.

Fewer retentions on the AP-7

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Most of the retentions have been concentrated on the AP-7. Even so, this highway toll free registered fewer queues in the exit operation than last year. 38% less, specifically.

On the AP-7, the main retentions have been between Saint Perpetua and Llinars del Vallesas well as between sant cugat and cold. Other roads with congestion have been the C-32, among Vilassar and argentinaalso between gava and Sitges. On the C-16, there have been between berga and fences; at the height of lagostera on the C-35/C-65; in todera in the N-II; in Blanes on the GI-600, and on The Vendrell on the N-340.

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