The burial of the A-5 was at the centre of the clash between José Luis Martínez-Almeida and Reyes Maroto

Avenida de Portugal was designated as the exit for A-5 traffic during the final phase of the works. José Luis Martínez-Almeida warned that this road did not have enough capacity to handle all the vehicles on its own.

He therefore asked drivers to use public transport or look for other ways to get to Madrid. He also acknowledged that driving in the area would be difficult while the restrictions were in place.

The mayor maintained that the work had been completed within the planned timeframe and denied that its completion had been delayed to coincide with the elections. He was responding to Reyes Maroto, who had attributed the works to an alleged electoral interest. Almeida argued that the inconvenience endured by residents over the past two years would be offset by the infrastructure, which he described as the best executed in Madrid in the last twenty years.

He explained that the project includes tunnels of 3.8 kilometres in each direction. The underground traffic would replace the passage of vehicles along the eight lanes on the surface. The restrictions and the closure of the link between the A-5 and the M-30 were also covered in the information about the connection.