The Pichincha prefecture recommends traveling during the day as a precautionary measure during the carnival holiday

Before him strong winter storm, the prefect of Pichincha Paola Pabon recommended to users, who will travel through the roads of the province, to do so during the day. The conditions such as visibility and cleanliness of the roads are more favorable for drivers, unlike at night, he emphasized authority.

The recommendation is also to keep informed by the social networks of the provincial government where track status updated affected by the rains. The Integrated Security Service ECU911 allocated a web page for the consultation of the state of the roads at the national level. This link will be updated, according to officials from that institution.

Until the latest report from the authorities the roads are open. yesThey are constantly monitored due to the forecast of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inamhi) that the rains will continue with greater intensity during the carnival holiday.

This morning a trailer overturned at km 25 of the Alóag-Unión del Toachi road therefore, vehicular congestion was recorded. In addition, machinery of the prefecture performs the placement of asphalt layer, one kilometer before the incident.

New closures were reported last night on the main roads that connect Pichincha with the other provinces. after the 21:30 a landslide was reported on the Calacalí-Río Blanco road, at km 35. At 03:00 the prefecture reported on the controlled authorization of the road, in addition, since this morning they cleaned it and it was left in good condition.

In the way Alóag-Unión del Toachi also registered a landslide at km 40. In addition, at km 32 they reported the fall of a rock. However, traffic remained partially enabled.

The prefect reported that there will be no scheduled closures on the roads of the province, as was done until last Wednesday.

According Vladimir Arreaga, Inamhi forecast analyst the rains increased from the afternoon of Thursday, February 24.

For this friday 25 the forecast of this entity is 95% chance of showers with thunderstorms. The presence of precipitation will occur between the afternoon and night.

In addition, the official warned that they could be accompanied by electric storms, “It is frequent that in the afternoon and at night there are several banks of fog on both roads, this could cause less visibility,” he added. (I)