The roads of Castilla y León are preparing for winter and guaranteeing “safety” on their communication routes. Thus, in total, 600 snow plows and some 80,000 tonnes of snow are now available to deal with possible bad weather typical of cold weather. Some figures that emerge from the different winter road plans presented separately yesterday by the Junta de Castilla y León and the government delegate in the Community, Nicanor Sen.
In Valladolid, the Regional Executive announced its action plan for the 2024-2025 campaign. In total, 479 people, 148 snow plows, 130 flow storage silos and 15,000 tonnes of salt will be used to combat snowfall and ice on the roads of 11,000 kilometers of regional roads, according to the Minister of Mobility and Digital Transformation, José Luis. Sanz Merinos. This was stated during a meeting with the territorial delegates of the Junta de Castilla y León, in which the advisors of the Presidency, Luis Miguel González Gago, and the advisor for the Environment, the Housing and Territorial Planning, Juan Carlos Suárez. Quinones. This is a set of material and personal means ready to act from November 1 of this year until April 30, 2025, detailed Sanz Merino, who also explained that in the renewal of road maintenance contracts , night hours are already extended so that action can be taken in adverse situations.
In this campaign, detailed the Minister of Mobility, “monitoring with Internet of Things sensors” of different elements is maintained. SO, Volumetric filling sensors for salt silos and brine tanks have been installedAnother 80 service stations with weather station and 33 with road frost sensor, distributed along the 11,500 kilometers of roads of the regional network within what is called the Intelligent Rural Territory platform. In total, 122 devices can be increased, since “the increase is studied according to the demands and needs of the regional road network”.
If necessary, the Rescue and Rescue Helicopter, the Logistics and Emergency Support Unit, the more than 2,900 Civil Protection volunteers, one of the “most numerous in Spain”and the nearly 800 environmental agents, as detailed by Suárez-Quiñones.
In addition, the device also has the Es-Alert telephone alert system, which allows people who are in the zone of influence of a major emergency or possible disaster to receive, in addition to information on this specific situation, the behavioral guidelines. and recommendations to follow issued by civil protection authorities, including self-protection measures, evacuation notices or authorized routes to carry them out. On the other hand, the AML location precision system is also available.
On the other hand, from Onzonilla (León), the Government delegate in the Community, Nicanor Sen, also presented the winter maintenance system for state highways, which, according to him, involves some 3,000 state professionals from different departments, 500 snow plows and 70,000 tonnes of snow flow.
Depending on needs, “the necessary reinforcements” may also be available with the nearly 7,000 Civil Guards and more than 3,000 National Police agents operating in the Community. In addition, the Military Emergency Unit (UME), based in the province, is equipped with an initial contingent of 500 soldiers from the Fifth Battalion and can receive support from up to 3,000 additional members from other units, a indicated Sen, who recalled that Castilla and León has 5,600 kilometers of state-owned roads, of which more than 2,000 are highways and highways.
