The snow and the health crisis have nothing to do with it. Unlike the terrorist threat . The Col du Portillon , one of the two accesses to Spain from the Haute-Garonne department, closes this Wednesday evening from h. Located in the Pyrenees , between Bagnères -de-Luchon and the municipality of Val d’Aran, Bossòst, it is not the busiest.
But “given the evolution of the terrorist threat” and the intensification of border controls within the Schengen area, the Prefect of Haute-Garonne has decided to issue a prefectural decree to temporarily close this access.
Until further notice, neither pedestrians nor vehicles, except those with special authorization, will be able to pass through there to get to the other side of the border . They will now have to take the authorized crossing point of Melles – Pont-du-Roy. 20210106