In Andorra, companies and ski resorts are nervous after the closure of a street to France | EUROtoday

Closed since January 31 resulting from a cliff slide, the street between France and Andorra might be closed to site visitors for at the very least three months. The RN 20, often utilized by practically 9,000 autos every single day, will subsequently stay closed in each instructions between Ax-les-Thermes and L’Hospitalet-près-l’Andorre, two villages in Ariège, situated on the gates of the principality, on the street which provides entry to Pas de la Casa, the primary Andorran metropolis.

This landslide, judged “rare and exceptional in its magnitude” by the prefect of Ariège, Hervé Brabant, had not prompted any accident, however had dumped greater than 200 cubic meters of rocks on the one street linking the south of Occitanie to the principality, and its 85,000 inhabitants. Due to climate situations, helicopters or drones have issue accessing the positioning, which is able to extend the required work to be carried out.

At the time of the varsity holidays – which run from February 7 to March 9 – concern is rising on either side of the border. It often takes slightly below two and a half hours to journey from Toulouse to Andorra. From now on, the various vacationers should take one other route, passing by way of the Pyrénées-Orientales, which extends the journey by virtually two hours. Prized for its ski slopes and its tax-free merchandise – corresponding to cigarettes, alcohol or gasoline – the nation welcomes practically 9 million vacationers every year, primarily from Spain and France, for longer stays.

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