Metro Bilbao will extend its night service by two days this month
Once this December long weekend is over –or about to be over-, for some the ban on massive gatherings that take place around a table opens.
Out of obligation or devotion, the truth is that the second fortnight of this month has been par excellence the time to take stock of the year that is about to end and wish the best for those who knock on the door.
However, apparently, this time we have taken these dates with enthusiasm. So much so that even many have had no choice but to advance to November or postpone dinner and lunch to January. At the end of November, the reservation books of numerous restaurants in the center and Casco Viejo of Bilbao were not enough.as far as DEIA could find out.
In this, something will have to do with having spent two years with these customs almost lost due to the pandemic.
Company dinners, vermouths with the gang that lead to unforeseen revelry… For all this, it is worth bearing in mind that common sense and partying are not incompatible. To remember this last and, most importantly, came out, during these dates we have a variety of resources. Among them, public transport.
metro bilbao has announced that for the next Friday, December 16 and 23, it will extend its service throughout the night instead of finishing it at two in the morning. Likewise, they remind users that both the days of Christmas Eve, December 24, and New Year’s Eve, December 31, the frequencies will be interrupted between eight and noon in the afternoon and one in the morning. At this time, the service will be renewed throughout the night.
Reinforcement controls
At the beginning of this month, the ertzaintza announced the intensification of preventive alcohol and drug controls for drivers this month, in collaboration with local police. specific, This reinforcement was carried out from the 5th to the 11th and will continue from the 29th to the 31st of December.
The director of Traffic of the Basque Government, Sonia Díaz de Corcuera, already stressed that the objective of these controls was “remove from circulation those people who have consumed substances that affect drivingto avoid older males.”
As of this week, the Bilbao Municipal Police, as part of the Euskadi Road Safety Strategic Plan, has been carrying out a specific awareness campaign on the risks of alcohol and drug consumption while driving.
It should be remembered that submitting to these controls is mandatory for those who are required by the authority. According to the Road Safety Law (LSV) and the General Traffic Regulations (RGC), in case of refusal, an alleged crime against road safety can be charged.