As reported by the Basque Government Traffic, the N-622, the main communication route between Vitoria and Bilbao and usual route of return to their homes of the people who work in both capitals, has presented serious difficulties during a large part of the afternoon for circulation at the height of the Aiurdin Tunnel by heavy snowfalland what must be added that a truck has broken down.

numerous vehicle crossings and snow accumulation have caused intermittent traffic cuts, although not its complete closure since the slow passage of vehicles by one of the two lanes in each direction.

This has generated hold-ups, jams and problems people who return to their homes in the afternoon, although it has not been necessary to mobilize emergency services to care for the occupants of the vehicles that travel on that road.

The Basque Government Traffic Directorate recommends this afternoon use alternative routes to said N-622 to return to Bilbao from Vitoria.

The difficulties in driving on the roads of Álava, which are the ones that are affecting the main condition of the evening snowfall, have forced suspend various transportation services company road The Unionlike the routes Vitoria-Izarra, Vitoria-Okondo-Llodio and the line that links Vitoria with Durango from Biscay.

The line that connects Vitoria with Bilbao via the A-68 is currently operating with normal

At 8:00 p.m. this Wednesday afternoon, 9 mountain passes (six of them in Álava), all of them on the Euskadi secondary road network, will remain closed due to the snow that has fallen in recent hours.

Specifically, in Álava the ports of Aiurdin, Altube, the Port of Vitoria, Herrera, Opakua and Orduña.

To transit through the Alava port of Kurtzeta the use of chains is mandatory for all types of vehicles; chains are also required for passenger cars in ports closed to trucks, except Dima.

The Basque Government Security Department estimates that the rainfall will subside at dawn, so the orange alert will remain until nine in the morning, time in which a yellow notice will be lowered until six in the afternoon, since the snow level will rise to 1,200 or 1,500 meters.