Aseta Spanish Toll Roads Association

ASETA was the Spanish Association of Turnpikes, Tunnels, Bridges and Other Toll Road Concessionaire Companies. Members of ASETA were companies, founded in national territory that, according to Spanish legislation, directly or indirectly held ownership of at least one concession to build, maintain and operate a turnpike, tunnel, bridge or other toll road located in Spanish territory, where tolls were directly collected from the infrastructure user. Since 1973, ASETA, defended tolling as the most effecient formula to finance the construction, operation and maintenance of high capacity roads and road transport infrastructures. In March 2014, ASETA was taken over by SEOPAN, the Association of Work and Infrastructure Concessions Companies of Spain. ASETA was a full member of the European professional Assosciation of toll road infrastructures operators ASECAP (www.asecap.org), together with 21 national Associations, it also took part in ASECAP’s Steering Committee and Board of Directors. Likewise ASETA was a member of the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association IBTTA (www.ibtta.org) with headoffices in Washington (USA). ASETA also played an active role, among other in the Asociación Española de la Carretera (Spanish Road Association) (www.aecarretera.com) and the Asociación Técnica de Carreteras (Road Technical Association) (www.atc-piarc.com).