Nice inconvenience awaits drivers on the Athens-Corinth Nationwide Freeway. On the level the place the tanker overturned on Friday night time, work continues to demolish the bridge.
Thus, each the outdated Nationwide Freeway and the brand new one are closed at this level. The site visitors police is on the scene and sends the drivers by means of two bypasses which can not settle for the load of the vehicles, leading to nice inconvenience to the drivers.
In keeping with ELAS, site visitors on the brand new Nationwide Freeway is anticipated to be restored from tomorrow (06-09-2024) after the completion of the works.
The up to date emergency measures of ELAS
ELAS has issued an announcement concerning the site visitors rules which are in place as a result of tanker overturn and the hearth that broke out final night time on the brand new Athens-Corinth Nationwide Freeway within the route of Corinth, particularly on the top of the 75.fifth kilometer.
As identified within the related announcement, “from the primary second, Site visitors forces are on the scene of the accident, from which each and every attainable effort is made to higher handle site visitors. On this context, drivers are requested, as a way to serve them higher and to keep away from further site visitors issues, to keep away from passing their automobiles on the above factors and to comply with the alerts and directions of the site visitors controllers”.
Site visitors rules
Suspension of vehicular site visitors
- On the brand new Athens – Corinth Nationwide Highway on the Loutraki junction Bridge to the Epidaurus junction within the site visitors movement in direction of Corinth.
- On the outdated Athens-Corinthian Nationwide Highway on the top of Agioi Theodoros within the site visitors movement in direction of Corinth (from 22:14), whereas automobile site visitors is restored on the New Nationwide Highway.
- Loutraki junction after the Isthmus bridge within the site visitors movement in direction of Athens.
- On the outdated Athens-Corinth Nationwide Freeway, from Athens to Agios Theodoros and from Agios Theodoros to Athens, automobile site visitors is continuing usually.
Site visitors diversions
Vehicular site visitors is diverted to 2 various routes:
- a. In the direction of the exit department of the Loutraki junction, heading in direction of the Isthmus of Corinth, the outdated Athens-Corinth Nationwide Freeway after which re-entering the motorway by means of the Epidaurus junction on the top of kilometer submit -76.8-.
- b. In the direction of the left site visitors lane of N.E.O.A.Okay. within the route of Athens, with the appliance of a twin carriageway within the part from the kilometer place -75.2- to the kilometer place -76.2- with the disposal of its center lane as a buffer zone with out site visitors. On this part, the site visitors in direction of Athens is carried out from the fitting site visitors lane and the Emergency Lane (LEA), whereas the site visitors in direction of Corinth is carried out solely from the left site visitors lane.
It’s famous that the site visitors of vehicles with a most permissible weight of greater than 3.5 tons is prohibited in each site visitors streams from kilometer place -26.5- (Elefsina toll top) to kilometer place -84.5- (Morea junction) right now ( 08-06-2024) from 10:30′ to 23:00′ and tomorrow (09-06-2024) from 05:00′ to 05:00′ on Monday (10-06-2024).
The 112 message
At midday on Saturday, 112 despatched one other message informing drivers of the lengthy delays that exist. In actual fact, it asks drivers to delay their departure.
The preparations for election Sunday
Olympia Odos additionally issued a discover by which it factors out to drivers to “they adjust to the related markings and the directions of the Site visitors”.
On the identical time, he emphasizes that on Sunday (09/06) to serve the voters “all site visitors lanes shall be opened to site visitors within the route of Athens”.
Olympia Highway’s announcement intimately
“On Friday 07.06.2024 at 21:00 within the night there was a critical site visitors accident with a diversion and hearth of a tanker automobile at kilometer level 75.6 (top of Loutraki Junction) on the Corinth-bound route of the Elefsina-Corinth-Patra freeway. As a result of explosions and the hearth that occurred, there was critical in depth injury to the junction bridge, a part of which has been present process demolition work since early right now. The next site visitors rules are already in place within the space:
From 06:00 on the morning of Saturday 08.06.2024, blocking of site visitors within the route of Corinth on the top of X.Th. 75.2 with simultaneous diversion of site visitors to 2 various routes:
- in direction of the exit of the Loutraki junction, heading in direction of the Isthmus of Corinth, the Athens-Corinth motorway after which re-entering the motorway by way of the Epidaurus junction (X.Th. 76.8).
- to the left site visitors lane of the department in direction of Athens, which is diverted from X.Th. 75.2 to X.Th. 76.2.
Site visitors in direction of Athens is carried out from the fitting lane and the LEA.
On Sunday 09.06.2024 at midday round 12:00, to serve the anticipated elevated site visitors returning voters, the above detour shall be eliminated and all site visitors lanes (3 Lanes and LEA) shall be open to site visitors within the route of Athens.
We remorse the inconvenience that drivers suffered yesterday as a result of mandatory detours, in addition to the delays that shall be attributable to the required site visitors security preparations, all through the execution of the works.
Olympia Odos asks drivers to adjust to the related site visitors indicators and directions, in addition to to indicate elevated warning when passing by means of the world.”
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