Guide to SPAIN

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Re: Guide to SPAIN

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James wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 21:07One example the CA-34 near La Linea, should be a province road based on number, but seems to be a national road. Blue signs, but not actually a motorway here (but is further up), if this was a national road it should be Axx, still the actual motorway bit is pathethic anyway
https://goo.gl/maps/xF4dm19Q2pURvZbK7
Was this the road that was provincial, until a local politician/Mayor/council/whoever in La Linea decided to raise money for their empty civic funds by tolling the road to Gibraltar? I seem to remember the Spanish Government took the road over very quickly to avoid a diplomatic incident. Possibly it was easier just to "trunk" it as-is rather than faff about with a new number and all the changes that would entail.
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Chris5156 wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 21:51
James wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 21:07One example the CA-34 near La Linea, should be a province road based on number, but seems to be a national road. Blue signs, but not actually a motorway here (but is further up), if this was a national road it should be Axx, still the actual motorway bit is pathethic anyway
https://goo.gl/maps/xF4dm19Q2pURvZbK7
Was this the road that was provincial, until a local politician/Mayor/council/whoever in La Linea decided to raise money for their empty civic funds by tolling the road to Gibraltar? I seem to remember the Spanish Government took the road over very quickly to avoid a diplomatic incident. Possibly it was easier just to "trunk" it as-is rather than faff about with a new number and all the changes that would entail.
Spain isn't a country that normally shies away from nonsensical and expensive renumbering though!
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