📋 Tender Overview
A total of 5530000 road trips have been planned for the three days of the bridge. These figures represent an increase of 1.55 with respect to the bridge of the year 2019.Tomorrow at 300 p.m. the Special Operation that the General Traffic Directorate starts up until midnight next Monday November 1 on the occasion of the national holiday of All Saints that is celebrated that last day.With the prepandemic mobility levels recovered Traffic expects a total of 5530000 trips for these three days which represents an increase of 1.55 compared to the real data for 2019.For this reason the DGT launches a new special traffic operation that through a series of regulation management and surveillance measures will offer coverage to the movements that will take place these days which include not only movements long-haul but also short motivated by the traditional visit on these dates to the cemeteries of all the towns of the national geography.As usual with the aim of ensuring road safety and of course facilitating mobility and fluidity on the roads the DGT makes all the means available to this operation among which are They include both human resources agents of the Civil Guard Traffic Group civil servants of the Traffic Management Centers helicopter patrols and personnel in charge of the maintenance of equipment and the installation of road measures as well as the technicians 780 fixed radars 92 of them stretch and 545 speed control mobiles in addition to 13 helicopters 39 drones 216 cameras and 15 camouflaged vans to control the use of mobile phones and seat belts.Circulation forecasts and measuresThe circulation forecasts prepared by Traffic contemplate that from the early hours of Friday afternoon especially between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. there will be movements that can cause traffic problems both at the exits of large cities and on the main roads communication access to tourist areas second homes and mountains.Both on Saturday and Sunday morning between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the intense traffic will continue to exit the large urban centers as well as on itineraries that link populations of rest areas and second homes or on short routes to areas leisure and recreation or nearby shopping areas.On Monday from the early hours of the morning the access roads to the cemeteries of the different populations will be conflictive due to the visits that are traditionally made on this day and already in the afternoon especially between 400 p.m. and 1100 p.m. There will be circulation problems on the main axes that channel all the return movement the general interest network motorways and highways standing out for its intensity to move in the last hours to the accesses of the large urban centers.Therefore to promote circulation in the most conflictive areas on each of these three days the DGT has planned among other measures the installation of reversible and additional lanes with cones at times of greatest traffic influx and the establishment of itineraries alternative. Likewise road works will be stopped the holding of sports events and other events that involve the occupation of the road will be limited and the circulation of trucks in general and those that transport certain goods in certain sections dates and times will be restricted.Driving tipsSince the weather forecasts warn of a bridge overflowing it is important to remember that in the rain caution and attention to the wheel must be extreme. Reduce your vehicle speed and increase your safe distance from the car in front.In addition this weekend also starts the winter schedule on the night of Saturday to Sunday at 300 it will be 200 so that the evening time is also early therefore increasing the risks of accident to the be the most dangerous night driving than the one done during the day. It is advisable to have the dipped headlights on during the day in case the vehicle does not have daytime running lights It is important to see but also to be seen.As always the DGT recommends planning the trip by the safest route to avoid unforeseen events. From the twitter accounts @informacionDGT and @DGTes or the news bulletins on radio and television as well as on the telephone number 011 the traffic situation is reported in real time and any incidents that may exist.
