The Spanish government has informed the EU that it intends to introduce charges for using motorways from 2024.
The measure is designed to tackle an ever-increasing deficit for maintaining state-managed roads.
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A vignette type system as operated in Austria and Switzerland is fair but a peage system like France is just a rip-off and counter-productive as people just avoid the motorway as much as possible, causing congestion in towns and villages.