Another one of the walls of the "Struma" highway may collapse

Struma highway” remains closed at the beginning of the holidays in the direction of Sofia. This became clear on Tuesday afternoon. Although teams have dealt with the landslide, checks still need to be made. The reason - another one of the retaining walls may have been compromised, reports NOVA.

According to the experts from the Agency “Road Infrastructure” and the company that maintains the route, behind the concrete wall there is a mass of land that is possible to collapse.

“At the moment the landmass is cleared. Fallen retaining wall segments are broken to free the web for traffic. Due to the fact that the second concrete wall has the beginnings of tilting, we plan to clear the ground mass behind it as well, said engineer Stoyan Nikolov, a member of the Management Board of the Road Infrastructure Agency.

Field clearance continues. “On May 2, by noon, the traffic should be opened in two lanes. As for May 5 and 6, when the big take-off is expected, we will open the freeway entirely. The goal is to observe the situation for one or two days, he added.