Overview
- The interior minister outlined immediate measures: 100 km/h limits for cars, 80 km/h for trucks, a truck overtaking ban, intensive radar coverage, drone monitoring and targeted Mossos checks.
- Servei Català del Trànsit says the recent truck crashes are practically identical in type, with closures that reached more than 30 hours near L’Ametlla de Mar and four hours at L’Aldea.
- The latest incident involved an overturned vegetable truck near Mont-roig del Camp that cut traffic for hours, as firefighters halted a fuel leak and cleared the roadway; the driver exited unaided.
- Roughly 12,000 heavy vehicles use this corridor daily, and authorities are preparing to apply the new limits on a 30-kilometer stretch between l’Hospitalet de l’Infant and Amposta.
- Local leaders and business groups are pressing for infrastructure upgrades, with the third-lane project still in drafting and construction not expected to begin before 2028.