Motorway snow warnings for the weekend
Friday, January 26, 2018 @ 8:42 AM
WEATHER warnings have been issued for 11 of Spain's major trunk roads, mainly motorways, ahead of forecast snowfall over the weekend.
To prevent a situation like that of three weeks ago when over 3,000 cars were stuck on the AP-6 through Castilla y León for 18 hours overnight because of insufficient alert systems which would have led many to rethink their journeys, the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) is taking no chances this time.
Its leader, Gregorio Serrano, says some restrictions may be in place for vehicles not equipped with snow chains or 'winter tyres'.
Starting today (Friday) and until at least Sunday, the AP-67 toll road and A-67 motorway through Cantabria and the province of Palencia, Castilla y León, is likely to be affected, along with the A-6 motorway from Castelo to Pedrafita do Cebreiro in the province of Lugo, Galicia, as well as in that of León, near Puerto del Manzanal.
The A-1, which links Madrid with the Castilla y León provinces of Segovia and Burgos and the Basque Country provinces of Guipúzcoa and Álava, plus the A-52 from A Gudiña (province of Ourense, Galicia) to Puebla de Sanabria (Zamora province, Castilla y León) and the A-2 motorway from the Castilla-La Mancha province of Guadalajara to the Castilla y León province of Soria could become blocked by snowdrifts, or at least suffer slow-moving traffic.
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