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3km Traffic Queues at Andorra-Spain Border as Residents Rush for Summer Holidays

Delays hit 4pm peak on July 31 at Riu Runer, triggered by workers starting vacations after shortened schedules and ahead of Andorra la Vella festival bridge. Monitor live updates as inbound flow rises.

Key Points

  • Dense traffic on CG-1 outbound toward Spain due to midday queues and rain.
  • Officials urge drivers to slow down and maintain distances during showers.
  • Summer pattern continues with prior queues up to 15km inbound and 2km outbound.
  • Factors include holidays, day-trippers, and stricter border checks.

Traffic queues have formed on the CG-1 outbound toward the Andorra-Spain border, with dense conditions complicating the midday flow, according to the Servei de Mobilitat.

Rain across the Principat has added to the challenges on this stretch of the main road, prompting officials to advise drivers to adjust speeds to road conditions and keep safe distances, particularly amid showers. The outbound congestion primarily affects vehicles leaving Andorra via the Spanish frontier, while other parts of the road network face lighter impacts.

These delays continue the pattern of summer border pressures. Earlier queues exceeded 1.5 kilometres in both directions at the N-145 toward Andorra and on the CG-1 outbound. On August 22, Spanish authorities worked with Andorra's National Police to open a second inbound lane during peaks, as mentioned by State Secretary for Energy Transition, Transport and Mobility David Forné.

Prior incidents included two-kilometre outbound backups from Portalada to Farga de Moles on July 31 starting around 3:45pm, and inbound delays reaching 15 kilometres from Sant Julià de Lòria to La Seu d'Urgell near 4pm—tied to workers beginning vacations before shortened schedules and the Andorra la Vella festival bridge. Other peaks saw nine kilometres inbound at Riu Runer the previous Tuesday after 10am from La Seu, with both lanes opened; three kilometres at the France border up to Porta on Wednesday; four kilometres inbound near Estanyareny from 11:30am to 3pm midweek; over two kilometres outbound in rain; 2.5 kilometres from Portalada to Riu Runer on Thursday; and 14.7 kilometres from Epizen on Tuesday, which cleared after 41 minutes before 7pm.

Post-Assumption Day on August 15, inbound waits at Riu Runer hit 45 minutes that Friday and nearly an hour the next day during storms, with queues around central Sant Julià de Lòria, Epizen and the Pyrénées Industrial roundabout.

Factors include public sector workers on two-week holidays, Spanish day-trippers, tighter EU/Schengen checks and outbound lane limits. Drivers should monitor Servei de Mobilitat for updates as August travel continues.

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