Zaragoza, 20 October 2026.- The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility will have 148 snowploughing machines and more than 22,000 tons of fluxes stored in 29 warehouses and 76 silos of the three provinces of Aragon for the winter road campaign 2026-2027 in Aragon. There will also be available 42 brine tanks with capacity for 1,320,000 liters and 101 weather stations to keep the State Road Network in the best condition and ensure safe circulation during the winter.

This morning the Autonomous Winter Road Commission met in the Government Delegation in Aragon To review and update the protocols for coordination and action in the face of snowfall and other extreme weather situations that may affect the state’s communication channels in the coming months. The meeting was attended by the Subdelegate of the Government of Spain in Zaragoza, Noelia Herrero, the Subdelegate in Huesca, Carlos Campo, and the Subdelegate in Teruel, Enrique Gómez; heads of conservation of the State Road Demarcation in Aragón, commanders of the Civil Guard, the National Police, the Military Emergency Unit; and heads of the Aemet, the General Directorate of Traffic, Civil Protection, and the Interior, Emergencies and Roads areas of the Government of Aragón. In short, all the institutions and bodies involved in responding to the incidents and affectations that meteorology can generate during the winter.

Performances from November to April

Winter road operations include preventive work in low temperature situations to avoid, mainly, the formation of ice sheets on the road, as well as the establishment of restrictions on the circulation of heavy vehicles before they can get stuck on the tracks.

Within this plan, Users are advised to comply at all times with the recommendations made by the responsible bodies in case of adverse weather conditions and to be kept informed about the condition of the tracks through the official channels.

In this regard, it is important to remember that among the amendments to the General Traffic Regulations that came into force on 1 October there is one relating to snowy situations: «On motorways and motorways, it will be forbidden to overtake when the circulation is hindered by the circulation and the left lane will have to be left free for emergency vehicles and snowploughs».

The means available in these situations for the 2026-2027 campaign are:

148 snow-removing machines: 70 in the province of Zaragoza, 39 in the province of Huesca and 39 in the province of Teruel.

29 warehouses and 76 flux silos with a total capacity of 8,700 tons in the province of Zaragoza, 5,120 in the province of Huesca and 8,250 in Teruel.

42 brine tanks with capacity for 493,000 liters in the province of Zaragoza, 483,000 in the province of Huesca and 344,000 in the province of Teruel.

The last campaign was carried out without noteworthy incidents. In total, more than 4,000 tons of fluxes and 6.6 million liters of brine were consumed.