By Tara Rippin • Published: 11 Apr 2020 • 19:04
Spain To Deploy 64,000 Additional Troops Over Easter CREDIT: DGT
THIS most notable decrease was seen in Malaga, which recorded a 95 per cent reduction in traffic entering the city and a 94 per cent drop in people leaving it.
The Spanish city with the least reduced movements on its roads was Valencia, though it still experienced a fall of 91 per cent in both exits and accesses.
Overall, the number of vehicles leaving and entering larger towns and cities was 93 per cent lower yesterday and long-distance movements across regions registered a 95.20 per cent drop compared to an equivalent day last month.
There was also an average of 92 per cent less urban movements.
Durante toda la #SemanaSanta intensificamos los controles nocturnos para evitar desplazamientos indebidos a segundas residencias. Contribuye a evitar los contagios y a frenar el #COVID19#QuédateEnCasa Imágenes cedidas por @EFEnoticias @EFETV pic.twitter.com/TybN9NyW07 — Dir. Gral. Tráfico (@DGTes) April 10, 2020
Durante toda la #SemanaSanta intensificamos los controles nocturnos para evitar desplazamientos indebidos a segundas residencias.
Contribuye a evitar los contagios y a frenar el #COVID19#QuédateEnCasa
Imágenes cedidas por @EFEnoticias @EFETV pic.twitter.com/TybN9NyW07
— Dir. Gral. Tráfico (@DGTes) April 10, 2020
INTENSIFIED SURVEILLENCE: Night time controls stepped up to reduce trips to second homes over the Easter period.
These are the highest decreases in traffic since the State of Alarm was declared, the DGT confirmed today.
Figures collected the day before, on Thursday, also show a decline, specifically 81.20 per cent less long-distance movements of heavy vehicles and a 91.92 per cent drop in border traffic.
The border between Spain and Portugal saw 94.11 per cent less incoming movements and a 92.39 per cent drop in outgoing traffic.
At the crossings with France there was a reduction of 87.54 per cent in incoming traffic and 93.65 per cent less outgoing movements.
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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