Traffic reopened after snowfall in Puerto de Pajares, the alternative to the highway to Asturias after the collapse

The port of Pajares, which separates León and Asturias, moved to green level after the snow stopped, allowing the road to be cleared and truck and bus traffic to be restored, but not at more than 80 kilometers per hour , as planned reported by the government delegation in Asturias. This means that heavy goods vehicles are once again finding road communication to the Principality, suspended yesterday to heavy traffic due to the snow. This is the most direct route that connects the Meseta to the Principality of Asturias after the AP-66 highway was cut last Sunday due to a landslide. Although there are other alternative routes, they are much longer, such as the Plateau highway (A-67) which connects Cantabria to Palencia or the A-6 which leads to Galicia.

The National Meteorological Agency yesterday activated the yellow warning for snowfall of between 5 and 10 centimeters in the Cantabrian Mountains area of ​​Palencia and León. These thicknesses should be greater than 1,200 meters. The alert was activated until 6:00 a.m. this Wednesday.

Once traffic is opened, the Civil Guard accompanies the trucks that until now were parked in the town of Lena, after the red level was decreed last night and the movement of trucks and buses was prevented, leaving switch to less heavy vehicles but. with chains or winter tires and at 30 kilometers per hour.

The delegate of the Government of Asturias, Adriana Lastra, announced on Tuesday the activation in the alert phase of the Winter Road Plan in response to snow warnings from Aemet.

Likewise, he indicated that, taking into account the closure of the Huerna highway on Sunday due to the Argayo and the establishment of the N-630 as an alternative route, heavy goods vehicles will be prohibited from circulating on said highway “as soon as it starts snowing”. in Pajares.”