A-397 Route Between Ronda And San Pedro Faces Fresh Closure As Slope Crumbles Over Roadway

Drivers look disruption connected nan captious A-397 roadworthy linking Ronda pinch San Pedro de Alcantara aft authorities closed a conception adjacent Igualeja connected Friday morning, March 20. Problems pinch unstable slopes lead to nan afloat closure astatine kilometre constituent 26.

Andalucia’s Consejería de Fomento scheduled nan interruption to let slope stabilisation activity and removal of loose boulders astatine precocious elevation. Teams attraction efforts connected 2 main stretches: 1 adjacent La Zagaleta entree (kilometre 38) and different astatine Venta la Laja successful Igualeja (kilometre 12). Engineers dream to repair lingering harm from caller storms.

Motorists heading to aliases from Ronda, Parauta, Igualeja, Benahavis, and Marbella should scheme replacement routes successful advance. Diversions adhd sizeable clip to journeys crossed nan Serrania de Ronda.

Link to erstwhile awesome closure

This marks nan latest headache for users of nan A-397, a notoriously winding way often plagued by geological risks. Authorities past afloat closed nan roadworthy successful early 2025 pursuing terrible rainfall from Storm Jana, which triggered monolithic landslides astir Benahavis successful March that year. That incident damaged a bridge astatine kilometre 32, blocked nan carriageway, and forced a prolonged shutdown lasting respective months. Partial reopening occurred successful July 2025 pinch alternating traffic, while afloat two-way entree returned only by October 2025 aft extended repairs costing millions of euros.

Residual effects from those storms explicate nan existent scheduled intervention, arsenic ongoing slope vulnerabilities require proactive maintenance.

Broader effect from Winter storms

Several different location roads stay impassable aft nan early February large wind series. Affected routes see nan A-7150 adjacent Casares and A-7202 adjacent Archidona, some nether Junta de Andalucia control. Provincial roads specified arsenic MA-8401 successful Serranía de Ronda, MA-8302 betwixt Estepona and Genalguacil, MA-6406 astatine Teba, and MA-7402 adjacent Ronda besides enactment closed. The CA-8201 serving La Sauceda successful Cortes de la Frontera faces akin issues nether Cadiz provincial management.

Safety remains paramount pinch these recurring events. Officials telephone for be aware and emphasise pre-trip checks via DGT updates to debar further inconvenience connected Malaga’s challenging inland network. There was an different magnitude of rainfall astatine nan opening of nan year, and roadworthy sidings that person lain barren and porous for galore years person had immoderate of their underneath support washed away.