24 Feb, 2020 @ 10:00
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Marbella demanding ‘urgent action’ over daily traffic hell between Puerto Banus and San Pedro as it seeks budget for third lane on A-7

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MARBELLA town hall is set to ask Madrid for urgent action to tackle the daily traffic nightmare between Puerto Banus and San Pedro. 

The A-7 is seeing traffic jams every day, which become almost crippling during the summer months.

In a proposal being voted on this month, Marbella will ask Madrid for funds to carry out work to improve the road’s capacity.

The document laments that the underground passageway has not solved the daily congestion between San Pedro and Puerto Banus, which sees at least 90,000 vehicles each day.

It adds that if nothing is done soon, the situation will only worsen year after year, causing a huge ‘inconvenience’ for drivers and increasing the risk of road accidents.

It also warned that it could damage the tourism sector.

San Pedro deputy mayor Javier Garcia has stressed that a third lane on the A-7 is essential ‘for the present and future of San Pedro’.

He said the project had stalled under a PSOE government but that he will be committed to seeing it start under his tenure.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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