After a delay from the original January launch date, Ronda’s controversial Puente Nuevo vehicle restrictions will officially take effect from August 1, 2025. The updated traffic control measure will limit bridge access to vehicles registered and taxed within Ronda, a move designed to protect the town’s historic core and improve urban mobility.
Visitor Warnings and Reader Experiences
Since the announcement of the Puente Nuevo vehicle restrictions, many visitors have reported receiving fines after unknowingly driving across the bridge. (See the comments at the bottom of this page.)
Readers are sharing that Google Maps is directing them over the Puente Nuevo as the fastest route when leaving Ronda. Warning signs are not adequate without alternative route suggestions. Later, visitors are receiving a €70 fine, plus, many, a €15 administrative fee from their rental car company.
Some estimates suggest that hundreds of drivers are being fined daily — potentially over a thousand in peak periods — which at €70 per fine represents a very significant amount of money. (Over 2 million euros each month.) It raises the question of whether the system’s goal is being achieved, or if visitors are simply being caught out by poor communication.
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