The AP-7 reopens in Tarragona after the collapse generated by DANA restrictions

Other stranded drivers directly questioned some maximum restrictions when the storm had not arrived, or the fact that traffic was diverted from the safer highway to the general N-340. “Where is the storm?” complained a truck driver after being stopped for hours and without the rain arriving. While the closure was planned until midnight, traffic was finally reopened around 6 p.m.

Concretely, the Servei Català de Trànsit (SCT) closed twelve roads in Catalonia this Wednesday morning, including the AP-7, as part of the current mobility restrictions in five regions of the province of Tarragona due to forecasts of intense rains: Baix Camp, Baix Ebre, Montsià, Ribera d’Ebre and Tarragonès. Only emergency passage was authorized.

AP-7 was closed between Altafulla southbound and traffic is diverted to exit 32, where up to eight kilometers of queues have been generated. Northbound, AP-7 has been closed at northbound Amposta and traffic is being diverted via exit 42.

There is also damage to the C-37, which had a cutoff point in Alcover; On the N-240 there are two cuts, one heading south at Pinell de Brai and another at Valls; The N-340 has a cutoff point at Alcanar in north direction and another to the west between Torredembarra and Creixell; the A-27, heading south between Vilallonga del Camp and Rourell, and the A-7 heading east between Vandellòs and L’Hospitalet de L’Infant.

The N-420 had three cuts in Móra d’Ebre, Móra la Nova and between Botarell and Riudecols, while the T-11 has two cuts in Tarragona; The total number of sections cut this Wednesday morning adds up 80 kilometersaccording to SCT sources, and the incidents will last until midnight as a “prevention” measure and to avoid non-essential travel.