Huesca.- The Government of Spain has deployed 38 snow-removing machines and has 5,120 tons and 495,000 liters of flux to guarantee winter traffic on the 850 kilometers of state-owned roads of the province of Huesca.
This is the data that has been released today in the Provincial Commission of Winter Viability that has presided over the subdelegate of the Government in Huesca, José Carlos Campo and in which representatives of the Road Unit of the State of Huesca, State Security Bodies and Forces, General Directorate of Traffic, Civil Protection, Government of Aragón and ski resorts of the province have participated.
Of the 38 snow-removing machines deployed in Huesca, three are dynamic snow-removing machines, designed to intervene in the case of particularly heavy snowfall.
In addition to these mechanical means, the State Roads Unit in Huesca has foreseen a considerable number of foundational elements to guarantee the winter road: 5,120 tons of salt and 495,000 liters of brine distributed in 5 ships and 21 silos of salt and 15 deposits of brine throughout the territory of the province. These initially stored quantities would be renewed if necessary.
The State Roads Unit in Huesca also has 3 brine production plants, with capacity to produce up to 18,500 liters per hour in case of need and 11 anti-allude cannons installed in the Spanish mouth of the Somport tunnel and the area known as “la Raca”, on the variant of Candanchú. 58 weather stations and 59 road condition monitoring cameras complete the winter device.
The means deployed are similar to those of the previous winter road campaigns, which passed without significant incidents and guaranteed safe driving on the high-Aragonese roads.
The meeting served to strengthen the collaboration between the different actors of the Public Administrations involved in winter road management.
All of them have pointed out the need to remind the citizens of the need for the use of winter tyres in the port of Monrepós, due to the impossibility of the use of chains by the alternation of outdoor stretches of road and stretches of road that run under tunnel.
They have also pointed out that, after the reform of the General Traffic Regulations that came into force in October, on motorways and motorways, it is forbidden to overtake when traffic is hindered by snow and the left lane for emergency vehicles and snowploughs must be left free. Also, in case of retention, when vehicles are moving at a pedestrian crossing or are stopped, they must be screwed to leave free space for an emergency lane that allows the passage of priority services.