You know, when you are hurtling along the autovía, you want to think that the cars that you are passing or sandwiched between are driven by people in full command of their sense, which is not always the case. Take the case of a lorry driver who was pulled over by the Guardia Civil traffic…
The Guardia Civil confiscated half a kilo of MDMA and 207 gr of Speed after stopping a car on the A-44 where it passes through the municipality of Vélez de Benaudalla.
Well, tomorrow, Wednesday the 14th, they will be closing down the A-44 over Rules Reservoir again in order to continue work on the new support pillar.
Traffic can now pass over the Rules Bridge, as the autovía was opened this morning, although it was announced that it would be tomorrow at 13.00h.
It was in 2019 when Motril Port commissioned a study on the viability of a train connection from Granada and Motril, which breathed hope back into this long-standing wish.
The Provincial Department of Tráfico will set up an extra lane on the N-323 ascending from the coast on Sunday the 21st; i.e., tomorrow.
The tailbacks in the traffic heading inland from the coast on Sunday were tremendous, thanks to the A-44 over the Embalse de Rules being out of action.
Today will be the first Saturday on the A-44 with the Rules Bridge out of use and traffic diverted or on the A-348 (Lanjarón/Órgiva road) or the old N-323a – so far so good, you may think.
The bridge over Rules Reservoir will be closed to traffic owing to the emergency repair work on the sinking pillar at the southern end.
It can get hot in a car in summer with no aircon, especially when it burst into flames, which is what happened on the A-44 yesterday morning.