THE A-7

The airport has programmed 1,902 flights from Friday to Sunday. That is 5.3 percentage points more than the 1,807 operations recorded last year.

Autopistas del Sol will spend €7.14 million to add three new lanes and modernise the Manilva toll booth, aiming to ease summer bottlenecks that saw nearly 30,000 vehicles pass through in a single August day. The 14-month project increases physical capacity to 23 lanes, with up to 17 open at once.

The Guardia Civil fined a tourist couple for reckless driving after a viral video showed sexual activity in a hired car on the A7. The driver paid €500 and lost six licence points; the passenger paid €200.

Aena has scheduled 1,954 take-offs and landings for the first weekend of August, a 4.3% rise on last year. Eight in ten of these movements are international.

Spanish petrol prices will climb €5-10 per tank in coming weeks as government tax cuts phase out, with pump aid already halved to 15 cents per litre in July.

The Junta de Andalucía pressed the Transport Ministry to accelerate the coastal train project and address chronic A-7 congestion, citing four years of stagnant talks and 'very timid' progress on rail infrastructure.

The party wants Las Pedrizas toll waived during roadworks, citing 2km tailbacks and calling the AP-7 one of Spain's priciest motorways.

The AP-7 motorway, Spain's most expensive toll road, costs commuters €860.20 a month to bypass the A-7's daily gridlock.

A single camera on the A-7 near Rincón de la Victoria issued 45,050 speeding fines in 2025, down from 67,500 the year before. Malaga province ranks fifth nationally for fine revenue: EUR 28.4 million.