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Early sales choke Granada
Tuesday, 06 January 2009
Recently, more than ever, it has become obvious that the traffic in Granada is much heavier than the existing infrastructure was designed (some 20 years ago) to cope with. The result? Frustrating tailbacks over the holiday period, as 150,000 vehicles battle for their piece of tarmac in and around the centre.

Relief not due until 2011

The planned underground railway and new road system planned to relieve the traffic flow throughout the city are not scheduled to be in place until 2011 and that means a lot of waiting in queues if you’re intending to visit Granada. The only relief in sight is the Northern distributor which with any luck will see completion by December 2009. However, the question people are asking is would any of these planned improvements have really had much impact on the recent 150,000 strong traffic jam? Studies show that even when the Northern and Southern distributors are moving properly, this will cater for 100,000 vehicles. The planned metro will offer transport for the equivalent of an additional 30,000 travellers and the second ring road should absorb some 20% of the traffic that works its way along the existing ring road. But the reality is that by 2011 the number of vehicles is likely to increase steadily again. How then, can we hope to keep up?

 
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