The mountains of cars destroyed and abandoned by the flood on streets and highways in Valencia They have become one of the most repeated images of the apocalyptic landscape left by DANA. Nearly 100,000 vehicles including cars, vans and trucks have been affected by the cold drop, in what already represents one of the biggest holes generated: almost 1,500 million euros in losses according to the initial estimate made by the Generalitat Valenciana.
In its provisional balance to quantify the impact and the aid that will be necessarythat is one of the largest items collected by the regional government, ahead of the estimated damage to trade, which amounts to around 1.4 billion euros (including small businesses, municipal markets and shopping centers); and hospitality, which is around 200 million.
The damage in private vehicles is the highest in number and economic volume, with 864 million eurosgiven the magnitude of the cars that will be declared total loss. But they have also been dragged and disabled more than 10,000 heavy vehicles, which amount to at least another 400 million euros.
In addition, the Generalitat included a first assessment of 200 million euros for the damage caused in cars in stock at about 40 dealerships. A figure that could fall short, since according to the automobile distribution association itself, Faconauto, quantifies the sector’s losses at 490 million euros, also including commercial vehicles.
Added to the economic magnitude of the catastrophe is the drama it represents for the victims in the most affected areas, since In towns such as Paiporta, Picanya, Sedaví or Algemesí the destruction has been practically total and getting a car after more than a week of DANA is an almost impossible mission.
The 100,000 vehicles affected together They represent close to 60% of the total mobile fleet registered in the 15 Valencian municipalities of the ground zero, according to the latest data from the DGT. In total, the slightly more than 170,000 vehicles in that area, including motorcycles, represent 10% of the total registered fleet in the province of Valencia.
It must be taken into account that the floods and floods also devastated many vehicles that circulated on highways and highways, such as A 3 and A 7, as well as in some neighborhoods and districts of the Valencian capitalwhich are not included because there is no disaggregated data.
The transport sector, very affected
The lack of vehicles that DANA has left in an area as densely populated as the south and east of the Valencia metropolitan area It is one of the reasons why since business associations and from the autonomous Administration itself it is claimed as one of the priorities the launch of help to replace their cars beyond what the Compensation Consortium covers. A Renew Plan emergency, as the autonomous employers’ association CEV has come to call it, which considers it vital to try to regain the pulse of economic activity as soon as possible.
The lack of a means of transport in some regions that will still take time to recover Cercanías and Metro is one of the obstacles to a return to normality. A study by the Polytechnic of Valencia this week stated that The residents of ground zero right now consider this their greatest need (for 35%)to be able to provide themselves and go to their workplace.
Added to this is the strong impact on a vital sector for the entire productive fabric such as transportation. The Valencian Federation of Transport and Logistics Entrepreneurs (FVET) It is estimated that the storm has affected about 50% of the Valencian sector, in addition to destroying logistics nodes such as the one around Ribarroja.
The sector employers also ask to apply certain measures toGiven the circulatory chaos that is being experienced every day on the main roads open around the Valencia area and its accesses to ensure the supply of the metropolitan area, where more than 1.3 million people live.
Thus, it urges enabling specific corridors through lanes dedicated to heavy transport exclusivelyon duly organized itineraries in the city of Valencia or on main roads such as V-30 or V-31. It also requests extend the hours allowed for the circulation of heavy vehicles that currently exist, alternating private passenger car traffic and heavy vehicle traffic in time slots (for example, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.).
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