Valdeoras experienced a real drama yesterday. Due to the storm, on Friday, November 3, 112 at 3:00 am Galicia warned of cracks on the N-536 road connecting O Barco and Sobradelo between km 41,400 and 47,500, which passes through Candís, on the ring road Work is ongoing next to the Iberdrola substation, close to the entrance to the Tomás Terrón Mendaña school and just a few meters from the town of Sobradelo, Carballeda de Valdeorras. Minutes later, the only available lane on the road collapsed, The only viable route to the slate quarry with heavy traffic The area has been closed. The remaining vehicles were impounded at ITV in Viloila and diverted along OU-0801 through Ntoma town.
At six o’clock in the morning, heavy vehicles and cars that drive on this road every day appeared, and they were detained and unable to pass.
heavy traffic
Unable to cross the Sobradero Bridge, Tow truck detour established along N-120, this is an unfeasible route because it is not profitable for transport, because “you arrive in the Vigo area with a full load of Cantera, you have to go to La Barrossa (Leon) and then return to Galicia, This is 150 euros or more per trip,” explained a transport worker. “There were three trucks waiting, one was in the Barossa waiting for instructions as it was unprofitable to return to the ship’s base, the other was due to go to Abana and had some problems driving in the snow and the other was not allowed to Not detouring to Sylvain, La Cabrera (Leon), gives the chegado; “We have to serve, we have to give, we have to serve our customers, but we lose everything, but we still have to make money,” he added.
The transportation industry was very uneasy yesterday: “It’s a shame this has been in place for so long, it’s time they did something; “That wall has been there for six months and we all know what’s going to happen. “
The need for better communication
What happened yesterday united the region once again old demands on government, “It offers a dignified communication that corresponds to it.” Araceli Fernández, president of the Valdeoras Business Association (Aeva), defended this because those that now exist “have a very They affect the region in serious ways because they are neither good nor bad and must eventually collapse”. So they can take a look at it for us. ” Faced with the company’s desire to find a quick fix to the problem over the weekend, business owners who have been through very similar situations in the past are reluctant. “You can’t keep patching, you have to build real solutions,” Fernandez insisted.
From the Clúster de la Pizarra, which leads to their headquarters near the wreck site, they explained: ” Engineering expansion “It makes these things finally happen, and it only has an impact on the eternal problem we face in Valdeoras about access to slate quarries.” As they explain, such an event had to happen in order for “their awareness to the point where it becomes necessary to establish communication alternatives”.