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Spain's Ministry of Public Works has reported how the number of cars using the country's toll-road motorway network has fallen beyond levels last seen in 1998.
The financial crisis has been blamed for causing a 27% fall in the average number of daily road users, which plummeted from 22'454 in 2006 - before the start of the crisis - to 15'775 in 2012.
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This dramatic fall in toll-road users has led to a significant decrease in incomes for operators, with a number of such management companies teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
Road traffic on the motorways was down by almost 9% for the first 6 months of 2012 when compared to the same period in 2011.
Perhaps the Ministry of Transport would like to consider the "Vicious Circle" created by these Toll-Road Management Companies ? : The cost of Petrol, and increase in the cost of living means that fewer people are using Spain's toll roads - therefore they increase the prices - meaning that fewer people can afford to use the toll roads. And so it continues...