Work is progressing “adequately” to recover the AP-66, which could open this Sunday, two weeks after the collapse

Through his profile on the social network X, Puente reported that until the slope can be completely restored, This bypass will consist of two uphill lanes (direction Meseta) and one downhill, towards Oviedo and Gijón. ). This announcement comes after the Government Delegation confirmed yesterday that the work was progressing “adequately”.

Thus, the recovery work on the AP-66 after the collapse suffered at kilometer 76, in Arnón (Asturias), which keeps the infrastructures managed by Aucalsa inoperative, continues to allow the activation of a platform on the right bank of the river. road, where the dynamic screen, the practical guard and the detour itself with one lane in each direction will be located. This road has an average daily traffic intensity of 8,000 vehicles, including 1,300 heavy goods vehicles.

These works will allow the temporary detour and resolve the detachment, they are carried out by the motorway concession company, while the work of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility is to inspect and ensure the proper execution of the works.

The result of this work will result in lanes separated by a concrete barrierwhich will be wider than normal, approximately four meters each, to allow the passage of snow plows.

To level the clearing and build the platform, mechanical means and blasting are used depending on the type of rock and its hardness. In this sense, today the first blastings were carried out to clear the hardest rock, then chop it up and remove it. Likewise, progress is being made in the disposal of already ground materials.