Landslides cause problems on the road that connects La Aldea de San Nicolás with Agaete

The GC-200 highway, which connects the municipality of La Aldea de San Nicolás with Agaete in Gran Canaria, suffered the consequences again yesterday (Thursday) of major landslides on the road, which caused the temporary closure of some sections while they were cleared up.

The most affected part was the area near the base of the cliff, where part of a mountain collapsed, covering both lanes of the road. The landslides took place on the straight line of the La Palma ravine.

At around 3:00pm yesterday, residents and workers of the town who were travelling along the highway to return to their homes, found themselves in a risky situation, since "stones and earth did not stop falling onto the highway, even hitting some cars”, posted one driver on social media.

Rafael Ramos, from Foro Roque Aldeano, said that once again road users have put their “lives at risk due to the political negligence of those who manage the execution of the works on the new road”, alluding to the Canary Islands Government.

"There were traffic queues immediately, imagine the fear that those people must have gone through trapped on a road with the threat that those cliffs could collapse," said Ramos adding that this happened with only 10 litres per square metre of rain, “What would have happened if it had been 30 or 40 litres of rain?”