The Council of Ministers approved this Tuesday the new toll bonuses for the Hurna (AP-66), between Asturies and León, for light vehicles. They will come into force on November 1. The Ministry of Transport, headed by Oscar Puentewill thus increase the current bonuses for regular users who make more than three complete routes per month with discounts of 15% on the first route, 30% on the second route and 60% from the third. Currently, bonuses are applied only after the third trip.
The measure, applauded by the Asturian Government, coincides with the purchase of Itinerethe company that owns 100% of the company Astur-Leonesa SA Highway Concessionaire (Aucalsa) by a Dutch pension fund: APG. The bonuses, which make the use of the highway more attractive, are paid by the State, which through its head of Transport has already made it clear that it is not going to raise the toll, as the Asturian and Castilian parliaments have demanded. Leonese.
An illegal toll
The extension of the toll until 2050 took place in times of José María Aznarwith Francisco Álvarez Helmets in it Ministry of Development. This year, 2024, it was declared illegal by the EU after a complaint to the Commission presented by Daniel Ripaformer secretary of We can Asturiaslater expelled from the party. The Commission ruled that the Aznar Government violated free competition since it carried out an automatic extension, without a public tender so that several companies could submit offers.
With the ruling in hand, the Government could declare the toll illegal and begin the legal battle for its elimination. However, nothing indicates that he will do so.
For the deputy Covadonga Tome “It is not a good sign that this operation occurs at a time when work should be underway to eliminate the toll on the highway that connects Asturies with the Meseta. “Either they think they will receive million-dollar compensation or they assume that no one will work for the elimination of the Huerna toll.”
The former Podemos parliamentarian, also expelled from the party, has registered a question on the subject.
Ironies of life, Adrian Pumaresof Asturias Forumthe party founded by Francisco Álvarez Helmetstoday expelled from the organization, is the other parliamentarian who has been most belligerent against the continuity of the most expensive toll in Spain: 15 euros.
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