Por Redaccion The mayor of Ronda, María de la Paz Fernández, has assessed the consequences of the dana JANA in the city and the mountain range and has announced that tomorrow she will meet with her counterparts in the natural region who have been affected by the closure of the A397 due to landslides that have completely cut off the main connection to the Western Costa del Sol. The purpose of this meeting is to analyze the situation and coordinate all the information that affects numerous towns in the mountain range and natural region.
«The current situation affects thousands of residents not only in Ronda, but throughout the region, and tomorrow we will meet to update information and to act as a team.» In this regard, she has stated that the meeting will take place in the City of Tajo at 12:00. «We must act together to demand all possible agility in works that are essential for the life of the entire region.»
«We are all immensely concerned, all the administrations involved in this event are. In Ronda and in the mountain range, there are thousands of residents who travel daily to the Costa del Sol for work, and we are aware of the current situation. Furthermore, this road is one of the main access routes in the opposite direction: for suppliers traveling to the region, and it is also one of the major tourist access routes in our area, so the current situation will significantly affect tourism flow. For all these reasons, I believe we must act quickly and expedite the processes that are clearly emergency works.» Fernandez emphasized.
We work together
Throughout the week, we will be informed of the progress of the works that will need to be carried out, «but I understand that it will be a project that will take time, because the landslide has occurred in the worst place on the entire road,» Fernandez has anticipated. For all these reasons, «I believe that institutional loyalty is constant, and we are all working together since this happened. We are currently waiting for the weather to calm down so that we can analyze with guarantees and safety everything that has happened and what will be done, because the pending work is a priority in the province of Malaga.»
In addition to the meeting with the mayors, this afternoon, Fernandez will meet with the officials of the Junta de Andalucía, both the delegate of the Andalusian Government, Patricia Navarro, and the territorial delegate of Development, Territorial Articulation of Housing, María Rosa Morales, to address the situation in an updated manner.
As she herself has emphasized, «despite the adverse weather conditions, technicians are in the area analyzing what has happened and its consequences, because all details must be known before proceeding as necessary for a significant operation.» So far, what happened has been analyzed with technical teams and drones, «there are four technical teams doing their work in the area, all under very adverse circumstances.»
Other consequences of the storm
Other consequences of the storm passing through Ronda have included the collapse of a perimeter wall on Eucalipto Street in the vicinity of IES Gonzalo Huesa on Saturday. It is a construction next to an undeveloped plot, and the Works Brigade has taken action to secure the area, prop it up, cover the slope with plastics, and thereby reduce the chances of further damage. From the Department of Education, we have relocated the students so they can attend their classes normally. During the day, the technician from the Education Delegation of the Junta de Andalucía has assessed the situation and made the necessary decisions.
On the other hand, the special device coordinated with 112 that has been operating in the city since the orange alert was declared has handled various cases of tree falls that have affected some roads such as the Desfiladero path, the Las Muelas pass, and the Navares and Tejares road had to be temporarily closed to prevent vehicular passage due to the rise in the riverbed in the area, preventively. Additionally, the wind has caused some materials to fall on the public road.