Overview
- The 46‑year concession for the AP‑68 expired Tuesday, November 10, and from midnight large stretches through Aragón, La Rioja and Navarra are free for passenger cars while Álava and Vizcaya keep reduced fares.
- The full Zaragoza–Bilbao trip for a car falls from €39.90 to about €6.70 because Basque provincial sections now charge roughly €3.35 and other stretches no longer levy tolls.
- Responsibility for each segment has moved to the relevant administrations: the State for Aragón and La Rioja, the Gobierno de Navarra for Navarra, and the Diputaciones Forales for Álava and Vizcaya, with progressive dismantling of toll plazas already under way.
- The Transport Ministry has started studies and works to adapt junctions, safety and alternative routes to expected traffic increases, while Navarre has yet to set final truck tolls and some heavy‑goods rates rise to roughly €25 on certain sections.
- The change creates new largely toll‑free long‑distance itineraries (for example routes linking Barcelona to Galicia) and is expected to save users about €97 million a year, shifting costs and planning challenges to regional authorities and freight operators.