The Supreme Court forces the AP-9 concessionaire to return the amounts and prevents the rest from collecting the full fees for business or traffic jams.

Supreme Court ruling issued on October 17 It put an end to the case that had been under judicial proceedings since the Atlantic Highway expansion work, which caused Traffic flow problems. From the start of the work in February 2015 until its completion in June 2018, 81 accidents classified as particularly serious were recorded, among others, by various drivers forced to drive. To pay the full amount of feesDespite the traffic jams on the “highway”.

after Partial demand estimation By the Commercial Court and the complete abolition of the Regional Court, The Public Prosecution appealed to the Supreme Court, which ruled finally hectares He condemned the practices of the AP-9 franchise company, Bold, creating jurisprudence.

What does the Supreme Court convict the AP-9 franchisee of?

Supreme Court ruling He condemns Odasa “To return to the users named in the title the amount of fees they paid for the circular to the affected section of AP-9, on the dates and within the time periods on which the 81 incidents referred to in this ruling occurred, together with the statutory interest accrued from the date of each payment.” This means, Refunding the amount paid by the 81 affected people, in addition to 3.25% for each year. What has happened since the tally was collected in each case.

On the other hand, It also binds the franchisee in his decision: “L To stop the arbitrary practice of charging full tolls from motorway users in cases where accidents occur on the motorway which can be classified as black (intermittent traffic with a closed road), red (difficult and very slow traffic with frequent and long stops) or yellow (slow and irregular traffic with sporadic stops), provided that the said users are not provided with information about the condition of the road.

On condition This sentence Creates jurisprudencethe rest is assumed Agents Operating on the country’s highways will have to Apply a discount on the price of fees in Condition of traffic congestion or lack of flow.

What “highways” are there in Galicia?

The term “shadow tolls” applies to highways where drivers are present They don’t pay directly to use it. Instead, public administrations pay the concessionary company a certain amount depending on… The volume of traffic recorded on the road. That is, the private company is responsible for building, financing, and exploiting the infrastructure, while the administration compensates it through it Long-term concession contract.

Galicia has many motorways within this modelamong them: