The second phase of the Christmas traffic operation on the occasion of the New Year’s weekend, in which just over 4.5 million trips are planned, takes place with irregular traffic at the entrances to Madrid and Barcelona and that the Management General of Traffic (DGT) has recommended taking extreme precautions and moderating speed. In a note, the DGT has recalled that since the Christmas period began, on December 22, 18 people have died in traffic accidents.
In this sense. Traffic remembers the motto of this year’s Christmas campaign of this organization, “arriving late is better than not arriving”, to once again appeal to the responsibility of drivers to avoid actions that could cause an accident with lethal consequences.
The most unfavorable hours for traveling will be concentrated between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. this Friday and 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Saturday in the direction of exit from the large urban centres, while in the direction of entry it will be 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Monday, 1 January.
A total of 3,186 members of the Mossos d’Esquadra will work during the afternoon and evening of New Year’s Eve in Barcelona, ??within the extensive security device that the Department of
As reported this Friday by the Department of the Interior in a statement, the device will take place between 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 31, and 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 1, 2024, where there will be a police presence for public order and citizen security in the points to be determined.
In addition, the Mossos will carry out preventive traffic controls on interurban roads and communication nodes, and there will also be specific devices in places with large crowds of people, as well as administrative police controls.
The objective of police action is to maintain public order and citizen security; guarantee mobility and vehicle traffic, as well as to ensure the incident-free development of mass gatherings in public spaces.
The Catalan Traffic Service (SCT) foresees the departure of 340,000 vehicles between the afternoon of Friday, December 29 and the morning of Saturday, December 30, and a return of 210,000 on Monday, January 1, New Year’s Day.
