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Drivers using certain Spanish motorways will see tolls rise by 2% each year between now and 2032, following a decision published in the Official State Gazette on December 18 after approval by the Council of Ministers.

 

The increase will only apply to toll roads that are directly managed between the Spanish State and SEITT (Spanish Society of Land Transport Infrastructure). Eight routes will be affected: the R-2, R-3, R-4 and R-5, the M-12, the AP-7 between Cartagena and Vera, the AP-36 (Ocaña-La Roda) and the AP-41 (Madrid-Toledo).

 

The Council of Ministers' resolution specified that starting in 2026, a maximum annual increase of 2% will be applied to the previous year's rates at the beginning of each calendar year.

 

In 2025, the maximum rate excluding VAT for light vehicles (cars, motorcycles, small vans) was €0.0927 per kilometre, meaning it will rise to approximately €0.0945 per kilometre in 2026. For heavy vehicles 1 (two-axle lorries, cars and vans with trailers, two-axle coaches) the rate was €0.1298 per kilometre in 2025, and for heavy vehicles 2 (coaches with four or more axles and lorries with four or more axles) it was €0.1854 per kilometre.

 

There is some good news for drivers in Alicante. The Official State Gazette specifies that the Alicante ring road section of the AP-7 will be permanently toll-free, following the positive results obtained with the temporary discounts that were in effect.

 

Several other motorways across Spain remain toll roads in some sections. The Ministry of Transport's website lists the AP-66 between Campomanes (Asturias) and León, the AP-46 between Alto de las Pedrizas and Malaga, the AP-51 and the AP-6 in its connection with Ávila, the AP-6 between Villalba, Villacastín and Adanero, the AP-61 and AP-6 in their connection with Segovia, the AP-53 between Santiago de Compostela and Alto de Santo Domingo, the AP-68 between Bilbao and Zaragoza, the AP-7 between Alicante and Cartagena, between Estepona and Guadiaro, and between Malaga and Estepona, the AP-71 between León and Astorga, and the AP-9 between Ferrol and the Portuguese border.

 

The AP-68 will lift its barriers this year. The Ministry of Transport indicates November 11, 2026 as the date when the AP-68 motorway will cease to be a toll road and will be renamed A-68 in those sections that are not dual carriageway.

 

In Aragon, this route will coexist with the A-68, which connects Zaragoza with the provincial border of Navarra, and the same will happen in the Navarrese section. From November 2026, drivers will be able to choose between two motorways with similar layouts without having to pay tolls.

 

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