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The A1 motorway remains closed to traffic in both directions following the dam at Casais, in Coimbra. Repair work is already underway, but Brisa has no estimates for when the work will be completed.
The rupture of the dike on the right bank of the Mondego caused flooding and led to the collapse of a lane on the A1. The government states that recovery will take “weeks”, while Brisa provides alternative routes.
The volume of water necessitated the evacuation of nearly three thousand people. The country's main motorway was closed after the dyke gave way to the force of the water. Evacuated residents are not expected to return home until Saturday, according to the mayor.
The A1, the country's main motorway, remains closed to traffic from the Torres Novas junction in the Lisbon-to-Porto direction, with no forecast for when it will reopen, a Brisa source told ECO/Local Online. 'Hundreds of trees fell, so it is likely to take some time' to reopen, the same source indicated. In the south-to-north direction, at kilometre ...
