National Route 237, one of the busiest to get from the Neuquén and Río Negro valleys to the mountain area, was the epicenter this Thursday of multiple traffic complicationswith momentary outages, confusion and cars stranded by the snow that, as the forecast anticipated, arrived in quantity to the region.
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In dialogue with Diario RÍO NEGRO, the provincial secretary of Emergencies and Risk Management, Luciana Ortiz Luna, described a more than complicated panorama on that national roadespecially in the vicinity of Piedra del Águila.
A few minutes after announcing the closure of roads throughout the provincethe official warned about an extensive line of stranded vehicles “about 15 to 18 kilometers” before reaching the town, at the entrance to Santo Tomás.
«There are trucks, buses, private vehicles, They did not respect the instructions and the line is endless“said the provincial secretary, who at the time of this dialogue, was traveling to San Martín de los Andes for an emergency with a patient.
Stranded in Piedra del Águila and Route 237: “There is no more accommodation”
He revealed that, in Piedra del Águila, “There is no more accommodation” due to the number of vehicles that, unable to continue, had to urgently look for a place to spend the night. Something similar would happen in Picún Leufú, with the accommodations on the verge of collapse.
Given this panorama, Ortiz Luna asked “please” to those who are traveling along this route or are about to do so. that “they return or do not leave Neuquén at all”since conditions could only improve around noon this Friday.
He announced that “the ice is going to be the main protagonist” on most of the routes in the province during the night, which is why it was decided to close traffic from 8 p.m. today, Thursday, with the exception of transport vehicles. emergency.
