Free use of the AP-7 Alicante Ring Road extended for another year

FETRAMA, the Provincial Federation of Transport of Alicante, is happy that the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has decided to let people use the AP-7, or Alicante Ring Road, for free for another year. It is also thinking about letting go of this toll road for good.
People who work in transport in Alicante are glad that the AP-7 free service has been extended and hope that it will never end.

FETRAMA, the Provincial Federation of Transport of Alicante, is happy that the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has decided to let people use the AP-7, or Alicante Ring Road, for free for another year. It is also thinking about letting go of this toll road for good.
The AP-7 Alicante ring road will be free for another year, and the Ministry is looking into when it will be fully free.

Antonio Gabaldón, the group’s general secretary, said, “The fact that the roads are still open to everyone for free is good for everyone.” From the transport companies’s point of view, it means taking this road instead of the others, which “relieves congestion on a stretch of the A-70 that is heavily laden with vehicles.”

The FETRAMA representative thanked them for keeping the free admission and said that he hopes it will be permanent in the end “so as not to be dependent on the decisions of the administration.”

He argued that the measure was good for everyone, and in this case, it saved time and made the roads safer for goods vehicles, especially on some parts, mostly the part that connects San Vicente del Raspeig to the A-31. It used to be really hard to get through this connection, but now that big trucks aren’t allowed to, he said, traffic moves more smoothly.

Representatives from politics have also talked about this choice. Pilar Bernabé, who works for the government in the Valencian Community, talks about the commitment to Alicante, its roads, and its links.

Bernabé said, “The decision will cut down on traffic on the A-70, make roads safer, and speed up freight transport.” He also said that the work to fully open up the Alicante Ring Road was “another part of Minister Oscar Puente’s promise to the people of Alicante.”

The mayor of Alicante, Luis Barcala, was in favour of the increase and brought it up in his talks with the transport minister, Óscar Puente.

Barcala thanked the minister for “his sensitivity and receptiveness” in this and other city-related matters. For example, he had clearly turned down the plan to electrify the coastal roads in favour of building the Torrellano bypass, “which will make it so much easier to get around in the south of Alicante,” he said.