Abel Losada asks for prudence on the roads of the entire province until the end of the cleaning works of the remains of the Kirk Storm

The subdelegate of the Government in Pontevedra, Abel Losada, makes a call for prudence on the roads of the entire province of Pontevedra until the end of the works of cleaning and removal of vegetable remains, tralo paso del temporal Kirk. According to the information available to normality, it will still take several days to arrive in front of the extraordinary impact of the storm.
Losada took stock this morning, together with the Provincial Headquarters and the Traffic Subsector of the Civil Guard and was informed that there are still many branches and remains of tree barks throughout the state, regional and local provincial network, especially as they pass through forest areas.
According to the data of the Civil Guard, between 22 hours of last Tuesday, day 8 and 15 hours of Wednesday, day 9, that is to say in the time slot of the most intense of the storm, there were a total of 68 incidents in the interurban roads of the province, of which a total of 28 resulted in personal and material damage. Fortunately, the subdelegate emphasizes, and despite the critic of the situation experienced, only two people have to be counted injured . Losada stressed that #dealing with an incomplete balance, because this data needs to add up the numerous incidences in urban roads, directly served by the municipalities and of which there are no grouped data.
The subdelegate stressed that only considering the 28 accidents with personal or material damage on interurban roads would we already be facing an incidence 6 times greater than that of a normal day.
The deputy delegate expressly congratulated the Civil Traffic Guard and all the emergency services, especially the municipal ones, for the enormous work throughout the night, the morning and the whole morning of the day of the storm. Despite being completely overwhelmed, he said, they contributed to solving the problems. He also expressly cited the neighbors who, in their particular capacity, lent a hand in the felling and removal of vegetable remains in collaboration with the Civil Guard and local police.
Official information from the Civil Guard reports more than a dozen vehicle collisions against fallen trees. The municipality of Ponteareas, with 5 accidents, was the most affected, although there were also collisions in Pontevedra, Vigo, Cereto-Cotobade, Poio, A Estrada, A Lama and Silleda. There were also collisions against fallen posts and a truck impacted on the wiring of an electrical wiring. Several trucks and a bus were blocked on swamped stretches of roads in Ponte Caldelas, Meis, Campago and Growing. In the latter case, it was a tanker vehicle that ran on the La-55 loaded with diesel and gasoline. The Civil Guard also had to intervene on the N-550 at the height of Ponte Sampaio when plates were found on Pontesa’s roof on the driveway. In addition, it was necessary to remove the canvas of a truck from the driveway on the AP-9 bridge in Pontevedra.
The anegaments were especially intense in the PO-11 in Pontevedra the first hour of the morning, coinciding with the rising tide, and forcing to cut off the circulation.
Finally, the subdelegate was informed that among the numerous vehicles damaged by Kirk are a car of the Civil Traffic Guard itself and a Road Conservation van that fell on top of a tree when they attended an incident in the Porriño.