Post by livinginmedellin on Jan 10, 2017 11:06:20 GMT -5
Despite evacuating up to 28,422 cubic meters of land and rocks in the morning, and after two frustrated plans to reopen, it is again unknown how much longer until the traffic will be allowed on the Medellín-Bogota highway, which has been closed since 28 Last December by 60,000 cubic meters of the slope in kilometer 14.3, in the Peñolcito sector in Copacabana.
The governor of Antioquia, Luis Perez Gutiérrez, who visited Sunday the site where 200 people in 16 teams are working to rehabilitate the road, announced the plan to clear the descending road and suspend work yesterday to facilitate the return of travelers to the Valley Of Aburrá from the East of Antioquia and the Middle Magdalena. But new cracks in the upper slope prevented the commissioning.
The work, which the governor described as "much bigger" than expected, still continues to exceed expectations, among which was seen from today the transit on the two roads between 9:00 pm and 6: 00 in the morning while day jobs continued.
Cracks and instability
"The radar installed by Devimed shows a red alert condition with progressive deformations and an acceleration of movement," said the company that is in charge of the concession on the Medellín-Bogotá highway from the Aburrá Valley to Puerto Triunfo.
It is estimated that the highway concession ceases to receive 500 million pesos in the toll payment for each day that the road is closed. The total cost of handling the emergency exceeded 8.5 billion pesos on Sunday (including toll losses). The transport guild warns that the closure implies overcounts of up to 65 percent in the load mobilization and, by alternate routes - Las Palmas, El Escobero and Santa Elena - the other users perceive congestions and delays.
Move, break and evacuate
According to the report of the concessionaire, the work with heavy machinery will be maintained to enable, as soon as possible, this important roadway of the country.
On Sunday were transported to the areas of deposit - the companies Ingetierras, in Rionegro, and Procopal, Girardota - 7,145 cubic meters of land and rocks.
To give an idea of the amount of material removed from the slope, Devimed spokesmen explained that if the earth and rocks were arranged in an area such as that of the stadium Atanasio Girardot stadium, they would reach the height of a three-story building. The size of the rocks is a difficulty that has had to face the personnel in charge of clearing the way. Even using two 40 and 38 tonne excavators has been impossible to move the larger stones.
Four excavators with pneumatic hammers are used to fragment the stones and 130 volquetas work in the disposition of the material towards Rionegro and Copacabana.
See (in Spanish): www.elcolombiano.com/antioquia/autopista-medellin-bogota-se-mantiene-cerrada-por-riesgo-GB5726008
The governor of Antioquia, Luis Perez Gutiérrez, who visited Sunday the site where 200 people in 16 teams are working to rehabilitate the road, announced the plan to clear the descending road and suspend work yesterday to facilitate the return of travelers to the Valley Of Aburrá from the East of Antioquia and the Middle Magdalena. But new cracks in the upper slope prevented the commissioning.
The work, which the governor described as "much bigger" than expected, still continues to exceed expectations, among which was seen from today the transit on the two roads between 9:00 pm and 6: 00 in the morning while day jobs continued.
Cracks and instability
"The radar installed by Devimed shows a red alert condition with progressive deformations and an acceleration of movement," said the company that is in charge of the concession on the Medellín-Bogotá highway from the Aburrá Valley to Puerto Triunfo.
It is estimated that the highway concession ceases to receive 500 million pesos in the toll payment for each day that the road is closed. The total cost of handling the emergency exceeded 8.5 billion pesos on Sunday (including toll losses). The transport guild warns that the closure implies overcounts of up to 65 percent in the load mobilization and, by alternate routes - Las Palmas, El Escobero and Santa Elena - the other users perceive congestions and delays.
Move, break and evacuate
According to the report of the concessionaire, the work with heavy machinery will be maintained to enable, as soon as possible, this important roadway of the country.
On Sunday were transported to the areas of deposit - the companies Ingetierras, in Rionegro, and Procopal, Girardota - 7,145 cubic meters of land and rocks.
To give an idea of the amount of material removed from the slope, Devimed spokesmen explained that if the earth and rocks were arranged in an area such as that of the stadium Atanasio Girardot stadium, they would reach the height of a three-story building. The size of the rocks is a difficulty that has had to face the personnel in charge of clearing the way. Even using two 40 and 38 tonne excavators has been impossible to move the larger stones.
Four excavators with pneumatic hammers are used to fragment the stones and 130 volquetas work in the disposition of the material towards Rionegro and Copacabana.
See (in Spanish): www.elcolombiano.com/antioquia/autopista-medellin-bogota-se-mantiene-cerrada-por-riesgo-GB5726008