Los Chorros closure for rock blasting begins; Public Works expects to remove more than 6,300 cubic meters
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Since 00:00 this Sunday, November 8, the Pan-American Highway has been under a preventive closure on the Los Chorros stretch for scheduled rock blasting, the Presidential Press Secretariat said. According to the Secretariat, the Ministry of Public Works activated safety protocols during the controlled blasting, and its crews will remove more than 6,300 cubic meters of rock material from one of the slopes. The Secretariat explained that the material is being removed with heavy machinery and equipment so the road can be reopened as soon as possible, and that the stretch is key for people travelling to the west of the country or into San Salvador. The work is part of the widening of the road on that stretch, according to the government. The closure had been announced for all of Sunday; this morning's posts give no new reopening time.
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