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It snows in Liguria, trucks and cars blocked on the A7: the Civil Protection intervenes

04 December 2020 17:00

500 salt spreaders and snowplows from Autostrade per lʼItalia are in operation. Rescuers brought blankets, hot drinks and food to the stranded motorists

During the morning they registered inconvenience caused by snow in particular on connecting highways with neighboring regions, that is A6, A7 e A26. The phenomena, both snowy and related to rain, are destined to continue on Saturday as well.

Autostrade per l’Italia: “500 vehicles operational” – The more than 500 salt spreaders and snowplows and the 700 traffic workers envisaged by the Operational Plan activated from the early hours of the morning by Autostrade per l’Italia are fully operational on the sections between Liguria, Piedmont and Lombardy. In the Apennine stretches of the two motorways A7 and A26 it was also necessary to implement measures to stop and hijack heavy vehicles.


Toti: “24-hour active assistance” – The civil protection teams intervened “at the request of the Prefecture which is responsible for coordinating and managing rescue operations”. This was stated by the Ligurian governor Giovanni Toti, underlining that the Operations Room “will be active as always 24 hours a day until the end of the alert, among other things issued Thursday at 13 by Arpal, to constantly monitor the evolution of the situation both in terms of weather conditions and in terms of road conditions “.

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