Mértola: Eight accidents ore trucks. Population will take action.
Screening trucks cares House and the people of Mértola. The Chamber admits prohibit heavy loaded ore in the village and lessen the burden on Oeiras Ribeira Bridge.
The screening of a heavy goods loaded ore occurred yesterday morning near the town of Holy Spirit, in the Mértola municipality, It is more an accident to join others, a situation which is seen as a "tragedy foretold".
The last accident occurred yesterday at about 07,45 hours, at km 64,5 State highway (IN) 122, the north / south direction, the connection between Mértola and Vila Real de Santo António, the driver having suffered minor injuries, refusing medical care, situation that is seen as "camouflage accidents, not to be public knowledge and avoid problems for shipping companies ". After the screening was alerted the GNR, since the road was blocked in one of the pathways for six hours, having been called firefighters nearly three hours to make a first cleaning the floor.
It was the eighth screening of Spanish registration of vehicles that make transportation of ore Aljustrel mines to the mining complex of Huelva, that have generated eleven injured, four of whom were imprisoned. Yesterday the driver, suffered minor injuries and refused medical care, situation that is seen as "camouflage accidents, not to be public knowledge and avoid problems for shipping companies ".
Decamping for the Mining Complex of Huelva, coming through the border of Castro Marim / Ayamonte, after crossing Mértola, to access the EN122 / IC27, heavy goods have to cross the bridge over the Ribeira de Oeiras, where it is allowed to vehicles up to a maximum weight 40 tons.
When Lidador News (LN), President of Mértola Chamber said that "if the authorities do not take a position on the matter, the local authority will take muscled media ", adding that the decision would target "the ban on passing the village and the bridge that connects the Algarve to vehicles weighing more than 20 tons", He explained that the city council has informed the Ministry and the Ministry responsible for the sector and the company Portugal Infrastructure, which state that "it is a public road that cars have circular".
Jorge Rosa recalled that it is "to generate a popular movement of protest against the village situation and running a petition", ensuring that people are available and has the support of the chamber and the president to "cut the road near the bridge to draw attention to a serious security problem", finished.
The first accident occurred on 4 April 2018 and with the exception occurred in November 2019, there were all the National Road (IN) 122, three before Mértola-four after after spending the Alentejo town, and six and two bumps were stripped off.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
