Gipuzkoans who take the motorway to go to Bilbao in Elorrio will have a discount
The Gipuzkoans who take the AP-8 motorway in Elorrio to go to Bilbao will be able to access to the same discount that is applied to the rest of the users of the Abiatu electronic toll system from next year, as announced this Friday by the Gipuzkoan deputy for Road Infrastructures, Aintzane Oiarbide, at the press conference she offered in Elgeta. Precisely, the residents of this municipality, as well as other towns in the Debagoiena regionwill be the main beneficiaries of this measure, which will equalize the junction of the AP-8 in Abadiño (Gerediaga) to the same treatment as It is already applied in Ermua since a monthly flat rate was established in 2017 to circulate on the AP-8 and AP-1 motorways in Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia.
That monthly payment limit establishes that a Gipuzkoan who has the Abiatu device will enjoy discounts from the first trip for the use of the Guipuzcoan highways and, in addition, a monthly maximum of 34.47 euros. In other words, regardless of the use made of the Gipuzkoan high-capacity network, no more than 34.47 euros per month will be paid. This tariff plant is also strengthened to the highways of Biscay and Arabaso that Gipuzkoans who move to other territories for work or personal reasons have a monthly spending limit of €50.93, as long as that trip has origin or destination Gipuzkoa.
However, if a resident of Elgeta who is a user of this electronic toll system wants to access this flat rate because they make a regular journey to Bilbao or the surrounding area, they have to go down from Karabieta to Eibar to access the AP-8 in Gipuzkoa and, from that way, that the discount is applied, when the normal route would be to go from Elgeta to Elorrio and from there access the AP-8 via the Abadiño junction (Gerediaga).
Therefore, with this new measure of considering the cited link as Gipuzkoa toll stationwhich will enter into force in 2023, both Elgetarras like other Gipuzkoans from the Debagoiena region they will not have to make those detours to be able to enjoy the flat rate of the toll.
Oiarbide, who has been accompanied in the presentation of this measure by the director of Bidegi, Alfredo Etxeberria, has highlighted the convenience of using the Abiatu system on Basque motorways. “This discount policy promoted by the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council has saved users more than 25 million euros in the trips made in 2021″, he stated.