The A-68 road tunnel under the Z-40, one of the main entrance and exit points of SaragossaIt is a reality since this Monday after almost two years of works, despite almost one of delay. With an investment of 22.6 million euros, the infrastructure meets from this day with a historical claim of the neighbors and companies in the area, at a point where about 30,000 vehicles could come to take place on working days.
The Secretary of State for Transportation, José Antonio Santano and the spokesman, the Aragonese Pilar Alegría, have inaugurated the new underground step, with which it is intended to relieve what was also a recurring focus of retentions and even accidents. From now on, vehicles will not need to cross the roundabout located on said tunnel. Only those who want to join the Z-40 or change meaning.
According to the technical specifications of the path, it is a section of 1.4 kilometers with two roads, one per direction, two -meter lanes and another of outer shoulder. In the lower step, concrete screens of one meter thick and other lower stages have been arranged. Under the tunnel crosses the pipe with which the Saint Antonio runoff has been replaced, so drainage improvements have also been implemented.
For the Secretary of State, the process has been “full of conditions” because they are works in an area with an important traffic load, although in his opinion there have been no reviewable conditions. According to his words, “mobility and dynamism” of the area is improved. “Where we had a security problem before, today the Ministry has offered a solution,” said Santano, who also stressed that the times of the paths will be reduced.
Between January and May 2025, he said, the Transportation area has invested more than 107 million euros in the province of Zaragoza. Of the 2018-2025 period, the figure amounts to 1,200, 883 on roads.
For its part, Pilar Alegría has celebrated that “claims to the facts” is passed and believes that the infrastructure will benefit the Baja Ribera and not only to the capital of the capital. “It is part of the government’s commitment to Spain With the autonomous community of Aragon In matters of mobility, ”said the minister.
