EN13 in Maia cut in both directions starting today. See deviations map

As of 1 pm this Wednesday, Estrada Nacional 13, in Maia, will be cut in both directions. At stake are the repair work on the road that he worked on last Sunday and which should be completed in 30 days.

According to the Câmara da Maia, traffic in the North / South direction will be diverted along Rua da Ponte de Moreira to the WWTP of Ponte de Moreira. In the sense South / North, the alternative is the A41, and drivers will not pay tolls. The two porches (one in each direction of traffic) inserted in the diversion were disconnected.

One of the causes of the crater, five meters wide and seven meters deep, was rupture of a metal pipe through which a watercourse passed, intubated when the A41 was built. To avoid further incidents, the new tubes will be reinforced concrete. The pressure exerted by the thousands of cars that cross the artery daily was another cause of the subsidence.

The repair of the municipal road should cost the Câmara da Maia more than 100 thousand euros and be completed in 30 days. Also, the 15 cents charged for each passage in the A41 porticoes must be guaranteed by the Municipality.

“When the IC24, currently A41, was built 30 years ago, a non-oxidizable sheet steel conduit was used to conduct the existing water line. This behavior gave way due to aging, having caused its abatement. The water continued to flow and dragged the soil. To this problem, there is the great pressure to which the floor is subjected with an overload of vehicles, which escape the crown of toll roads “, emphasizes the Câmara da Maia, in a statement.

This is the second incident in that area. Four years ago, it used part of the soil on the A41, with the motorway banned for about three months.

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