This Wednesday, February 7, there will be a great road drill on the North Highway of Neuquén, near the Neuquén Petro Oeste service station. The activity will consist of simulation of an accident and provincial organizations will participate. Se they plan detoursgiven that traffic will be closed. From the Province, they reported what is the reason.
An important staging will be experienced today from 11 for the drill that will feature the participation of the provincial government through the Secretariat of Emergency and Risk Management, Firefighters, Police, Provincial and Municipal Civil Defense, Health and various local organizations, as well as National Highways.
For this reasonthere will be the presence of fire engines, ambulances and patrol cars in the area, with a significant deployment of personnel dedicated to the task.
The procedure will consist of a collision of a minor vehicle with a tanker truck transporting methanol. The Secretary of Emergencies and Risk Management, Luciana Ortiz Luna, explained that This is the first time an incident has been simulated. of a transport unit with methanol content as product.
“They are people who are prepared and trained, but it is going to be an important deployment because there are other actors in this simulation. In terms of experience, according to what we understood from the meetings we have had, it is the first time that methanol is going to be simulated,” said Eugenia Soto, head of the Department of Quality, Environment, Safety and Health of the Eduardo Osvaldo Group. Rodriguez.
According to the provincial government, the objective of this drill is implement the Highway Emergency Plan, giving response among the various institutions. In this way, work is being done to improve prevention and emergency management on one of the busiest roads in the city of Neuquén.
The exercise will be led by YPF, Neuquén Petro Oeste and the transportation companies Rodríguez, Arioni and Tortoriello. In addition, other companies based in the area will also join this practice.
Large road drill on the Neuquén North Highway: detours are planned
The executive reported that the exercise that will take place on the North Highway will cause delays in traffic, since it is It will interrupt circulation in both hands for at least 60 minutes.
To avoid congestion, there will be 2 detours: one at the Pluspetrol roundaboutwhere those who pass through the direction Plottier-Neuquén.
In the roundabout located in front of the Shell service station The same will be done for those who travel in Wrong Way.
They asked drivers to circulate in the area that they respect the instructions of the traffic personnel.