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2mo ago

PSOE Blocks Full AP-9 Transfer, Pushing Conditional Management Role for Galicia

Last-minute amendments keep state ownership, citing the route’s strategic importance within the trans-European network.

Carretera AP-9 entre los túneles de Candeán y el nudo de Puxeiros, en Vigo.
Vista general de las cabinas de cobro de peaje de la autopista AP9 en la salida de Rande Redondela.
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Overview

  • Amendments filed in Congress on October 22 reject handing the AP-9’s ownership to the Xunta and confine any devolution to specific administration and operation functions.
  • The proposal grants Galicia non-binding consultation on concession changes and the ability to propose sanctions or toll discounts, with any added public cost to be financed by the regional government.
  • PSOE defends state control as a way to safeguard existing toll bonifications and points to the corridor’s links to Portugal as well as major Galician ports and airports.
  • PP and BNG submitted no changes to speed the original transfer bill, while on October 23 BNG demanded PSOE withdraw its amendments and denounced the reversal as hypocritical.
  • The measure proceeds to a drafting panel before committee and plenary votes after numerous delays, with EU scrutiny of the concession’s extension to 2048 remaining a legal backdrop.