Today’s latest news about the La Palma volcano
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Oct 27 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Pevolca Steering Committee has decided to reinforce the controls on the LP-2 and LP-3 highways, from where people watch the eruption, due to the high influx of visitors to the areas near the La Palma volcano, which is expected to increase the number of next weekend on the occasion of the bridge of All Saints.
Specifically, the Steering Committee has agreed that the Civil Guard reinforce the control of vehicles and the night traffic of pedestrians on the side of the roads without reflective vests, which entails the risk of being run over by people.
The risk of being run over occurs, in particular, in the six-kilometer section between kilometer 21,800 of the LP-3 highway (area known as the Padrón roundabout, near Tajuya) and kilometer 47,100 of the LP-highway. 2 (area known as the Maderas la Rueda roundabout). In this area, the Pevolca Steering Committee requests that the population and visitors do not walk along the side of the road or park their vehicles.
At the end of September, the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Provincial Traffic Headquarters adopted special traffic regulation measures in order to guarantee the maximum safety and fluidity of traffic in this environment. For this it has the coordination of the Cabildo de La Palma and the Traffic Group of the Civil Guard.
These measures also seek to guarantee access only to the owners of the area, its workers, residents, emergency vehicles and authorized vehicles (press, vehicles with the device for people with reduced mobility or taxis, among others).
Likewise, the order states that all vehicles, except those mentioned above, will be prevented from parking outside the areas designated and marked for this purpose within the affected section, to avoid exceeding the capacity of the available parking lots and collapsing, with the consequent damage to the work being carried out by the emergency vehicles operating in the area.
The Steering Committee recalls that those people who have to circulate on the shoulders of the tracks at night, must do so wearing reflective vests. In addition, they will also have to carry the documentation that proves their residence or place of work, as well as the authorizations to carry out work in the areas. This seeks to avoid unnecessary incidents or annoyances in the event that its display is required by the authorities that are providing support in the affected area.
Finally, the Civil Guard indicates that it has reinforced the alcohol controls on the roads of the Aridane Valley.