“It was a suffocation”: the impact of scut without tolls

IMT numbers show that the most significant increase in traffic on the roads concerned in A13-1, between Almalaguês and Condeixa.

The year 2025 began with a news in motorways that moves the pocket of thousands of Portuguese: the end of tolls in several old SHIELD.

These seven highway (or sections) of former SCUT, who are now free to be costsless for the user, are: A13 and A13-1 (Pinhal interior), A22 (Algarve), A25 (Beiras Litoral and High), A23 (Beira Interior), A4 (Transmontana and Marão Tunnel) A24 (North Interior) and A28 (between sloops and between Neiva-Dark).

This measure brought a maximum savings; This highest value applies to A23, in class 4-vehicles with four or more axes.

In addition to the money, there have been other numbers that have changed since January: the number of vehicles to pass on these motorways.

Between January and March, there were 130 694 vehicles a day. On average there was an extra circulation of about 25 thousand vehicles per day. Concretely, plus 25 306 vehicles per daycompared to the first quarter of last year. This in a total

The Traffic Report of the National Network of Self -Companies of the Institute of Mobility and Transport (IMT) shows that the greatest increases of vehicles are in A13-1 by A13. There are impressive climbs of 51% and 49.44%, respectively.

Also in A28, Namely between Neiva and Darque (Viana do Castelo), there was a significant climb of 35.5% of traffic, highlights the.

Much more south, in A22 – Via do Infante (Algarve), there were 4 196 cars a day than in the first quarter of last year.

A in 125 thanks: “I relieved the EN 125 a lotwhich was and remains urban, notwithstanding much to be requalified. Coming the summer, It was a choke Circular there ”, comments João Vasconcelos, spokesman for the Infante Way Users Commission.

“I am convinced that This summer will be much better, without the tolls. A22 has always been an oxygen balloon for people, companies and families. It’s much faster, ”continued João.

At the other extreme, the smaller difference in traffic was verified in A4, Enter horses and Quintanilha Stand: Only 432 cars a day.