Find out which roads are closed and what alternatives GNR offers

The Republican National Guard (RNG) is monitoring the closure of various roads in the country due to farmers’ protests to ensure the safety of protesters and other citizens, and is also enhancing information on the road platform Waze and social media.

“Here in Singope [Centro Integrado Nacional de Gestão Operacional]“We have a command cell, an operational, information and communication structure that supports this operation, which is carried out at the national level,” Lieutenant Colonel Mafalda Gomes de Almeida explained to Lusa.

The structure, operating at the PNP general command in the Carmo quarter of Lisbon, “has a number of capabilities”, “monitors the development of these movements” and “also guarantees surveillance of the protesters and guarantees security,” the spokeswoman added.

GNR units monitor the movement of farmers on highways, main and secondary routes and national roads.

“We are therefore currently maintaining [Autoestrada] The cut off A25 motorway in Alto Leomil is cut off in both directions, here is the alternative to Estrada Nacional 16, we also have the area of ​​Portalegre on the A6 motorway, next to the Caia border, cut off in both directions,” said the Minister Lieutenant Colonel.

“National Road 371 is also cut at Varghes Junction and for now we have an alternative to National Road 4 leaving Borba, possibly National Road 373, but this is where we find perhaps the most significant cuts,” he added.

In the district of Beja, “in Vila Verde de Ficalho, the national road 260 is also closed in both directions, there is an alternative to the national road 122 (Pomaran)”, and in the district of Santarem there is a “march to go” towards the A23 motorway along the highway IC3, where there was also “heightened police security near the A23 motorway.”

The national road 256-1 in Murão is also closed between Murão and Fronteira de São Leonardo (Fronteira), and IC1 is also closed near Mimosa, between Hermidas do Sado and Alvalade do Sado.

In addition to the “slow march” along Estrada Nacional 111 towards Montemor o Velho Coimbra, the GNR also recorded “some inorganic movements”, but which are “very punctual” and “controlled locally”.

Traffic blocking information was also updated by Cingop on the Waze platform.

“This information is provided by the Republican National Guard itself, and our social networks will also begin to warn about these cuts and air conditioning,” the lieutenant colonel emphasized.

“We are grateful for the cooperation and communication they [manifestantes] did to us, we were also guided here by the principles of proportionality and adapted our behavior and our actions in accordance with this movement, which at its core was peaceful and collaborative and we encourage it to continue,” emphasized Mafalda Gomez. de Almeida.

The same source stressed that the PNP wants to “ensure the safety” of the protesters, as well as “the protection of other people who are circulating and who have the legal right to continue to circulate, as well as the transportation that is taking place.” , namely perishable goods and those essential items that need to continue to be supported.”

“Despite the ongoing cuts, we made sure that there were actually emergency corridors, not only for priority vehicles, but also to ensure the movement of other people caught off guard by the protests,” he said. .

Farmers today took to the streets with their tractors, from north to south, demanding recognition of the sector and fair conditions, in a protest that is blocking several roads, as has happened in other parts of Europe.

The protest, an initiative of the Civic Farmers’ Movement, comes a day after the government announced a package worth more than 400 million euros aimed at mitigating the effects of drought and strengthening the Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy (PEPAC).

The package includes, among other things, production measures worth 200 million euros, covering production losses and the creation of a credit line of 50 million euros with a zero interest rate.