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The Department of Public Works, Infrastructures, Architecture and Housing at the Cabildo de Gran Canaria will close the main access route to Cruz de Tejeda this Wednesday, along the Carretera de la Cumbre (GC-15), to install several netting screens designed to stabilise the slopes beside the road and guarantee safety.
The island authority said in a statement that the emblematic spot can still be reached via the diversion set up through the Cueva Grande road (GC-600) and the GC-150.
Work also planned beyond Cruz de Tejeda
As well as the GC-15 access to Cruz de Tejeda, crews will also work on the same road past that point and in the direction of the Tejeda bypass, at kilometre 24.5, where netting will be installed to prevent rocks falling onto the carriageway. In this case, diversions will be set up via the GC-150 for traffic heading to Tejeda and Artenara.
Closures on Wednesday and Thursday
The closures will begin at 09:00 and run until 15:00 on Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8. However, department technicians hope to bring the work forward sufficiently on Wednesday to avoid repeating the closure on Thursday.
The closures will take place consecutively: first at kilometre 21.4 of the GC-15, the access to Cruz de Tejeda, and once that stretch is finished, the operation will move to kilometre 24.5, in the direction of Tejeda.
Part of a €1 million slope stabilisation contract
The work forms part of the Slope Stabilisation contract on the GC-15 that the Cabildo awarded to Aceinsa a few months ago for 1,002,683 euros. For 10 months, the contractor’s workers have been installing netting and dynamic barriers at various points along the Carretera de la Cumbre (the GC-15 from San Mateo onwards), preventing the frequent falls of rock and earth onto the carriageway that occur in the area during episodes of heavy rain.
Until now, workers have been using light machinery on the GC-15, causing only occasional closures of one lane. From tomorrow, however, heavy-duty cranes will be used to lift material, which is too heavy to move otherwise, up to the upper part of the slopes.
The aim is to fit 100 metres of dynamic barrier screens — netting attached to posts — at kilometre 21.4. At kilometre 24.5, a further 200 square metres of netting will be installed flush against the hillside to prevent rockfalls.
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