The A-5 It is one of the most important radial highways in Spain. The road that connects Madrid with Lisbon begins underground, at the height of the busy M-30, but now the Community of Madrid is preparing to introduce important changes to the road and begins underground work on its first section. This is known as Extremadura Walk and extends until kilometer 10, and far from only affecting residents and neighbors of the area, it will affect drivers and travelers who use this route every day to go to their jobs and homes. For all this, the community has already made public an entire plan to provide alternatives and new options: changes in public transport and the creation of new routes to decongest the A-5 and avoid excessive delays and traffic complications.
Last Saturday, January 11, work began to demolish several properties located next to the highway, specifically at 7:00 in the morning. For this, 160 meters of the A-5 roadway were occupied in the direction entrance to the capitala situation that lasted until 1:00 p.m. on Sunday the 12th. Thus, the Madrid City Council announces the key date from which only two lanes for circulation will remain enabled, in a stable and continuous manner.
Key dates in the burial of the A-5
As the authorities have reported, starting next Wednesday January 15 There will only be two lanes available for drivers trying to enter the city on the highway. All this will happen from kilometer point 3-300 until 6+250, but the changes do not stop there. In the first half of February Traffic will be diverted to the north carriageway – heading out of Madrid – creating two lanes in each direction.
“The south road (in the direction of entering Madrid) will be completely closed, where the underground worksan action that will last until the end of 2025″, the city council has reported. Thus, it is also possible to talk about other dates to understand the progress and impact of the work:
• Of the January 20 As of February 1: at night, the road capacity will be 75% in the outbound direction.
• A early 2026: Action will be taken on the north carriageway and traffic will be diverted to the south carriageway.
In order to cope with the reduction in traffic capacity on the A-5, in the coming months the Madrid Regional Transport Consortium (CRTM)the Community of Madrid, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility and the rest of the municipalities affected by the works “have coordinated a mobility plan to guarantee the greatest possible fluidity in the displacements of citizens”. The modifications in these services will change according to the needs and phases of the works.
Changes in public transport
Both the EMT as the Madrid Metro and Cercanías railway networks introduce changes. In the case of the public urban bus service, the capacity of the buses will increase. affected lines modifying its route between the Yébenes junction and Paseo de Extremadura: line 35 from Atocha to Campamento, line 39 from Plaza España to San Ignacioand line 65 from Benavente to Gran Capitán. In addition, two new EMT shuttles will be launched with a frequency of about five minutes between Cuatro Vientos and Plaza Elíptica and between Cuatro Vientos and Aluche. It is also possible to talk about other changes and news:
• New circular line between Batán and Lucero with three buses and 960 seats per hour.
• Three alternative lines to the axis of the A-5: Line 17, line 34 and line 138.
• Madrid Metro reinforces lines 5 and 10.
• Cercanías increases the frequency of the C-5 on the Móstoles El Soto-Atocha-Fuenlabrada Humanes route.
Las intercity bus lines will also be affected, specifically 28 of them. Thus, 17 of them modify their itinerary and go from having their headquarter in Príncipe Pío to starting and ending their route in Cuatro Vientos. These will influence the connection of ten municipalities: Alcorcón -lines 511, 512, 513, 514, 516 and 517-, Móstoles -lines 521, 522, 523, 524, 525 and 534-, Navalcarnero, Arroyomolinos, Moraleja de Enmedio and El Alamo -lines 495, 538 and 539-, Villaviciosa de Odón on line 518, and Brunete, Villanueva de la Cañada and Quijorna after the change in the route of line 581. In addition, there are other locations and buses that also change their itinerary:
• Line 573, from Boadilla del Monte.
• Lines 541, 545, 546, 547, 548, 551. They run through municipalities such as Villamanta, Aldea del Fresno or Villa del Prado.
• Lines 532 and 510, from Sevilla La Nueva and Villaviciosa de Odón respectively.
Alternative itineraries
Finally, for those who have to continue using public transport during all these coming months, the Community of Madrid informs about alternative itineraries to the usual routes. At the heart of the works, entry to Madrid can be done through the A5-R and its connection with the M-40. For those who normally use the A-5 and M-30 when leaving the city, they can alternatively use the A-42 or the Vía Lusitana and from there to the M-40, and for those coming from the M- 30 the preferred route is through the connection with the A-6, which allows connecting with the M-40 and from there with the A-5 towards the exit at Cuatro Vientos.
In the neighborhood where the works are carried out there are also route modifications of the drivers. The main alternative routes will be Calle del Concejal Francisco José Jiménez Martín through Calle de Caramuel, which connects with Paseo de Extremadura and allows access to the M-30, as well as the intersections of the highway. from Carabanchel to Aravaca (M-502) and Poblados Avenue from the A-5.
He signage reinforcement on the different roads and highways is also another of the city council measures to improve mobility, recommend different routes and provide information to choose the best itinerary according to the driver’s destination. Likewise, the community’s website includes routes that could be recommended, as in the case of Calle de los Yébenes, the Segovia BridgeAviación Avenue and the Pirámides and Marqués de Vadillo area, among others. The entire city is mobilized in what is one of the works with the greatest impact for the city.
Source: www.vozpopuli.com
