In order to avoid the same mobility problems that occurred last weekend at the entrances and exits of Bogotá, the Ministry of Transportation, the Traffic Police and the authorities of Bogotá and Cundinamarca announced a series of measures for the traffic to flow during the return plan, which begins this Friday and ends next Tuesday, January 10.
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During those days there will be a Unified Mobility Command Post, in the Transit and Transportation Directorate of the National Police.
“This PMU will have the participation of all the entities of the transport sector, of TransMilenio, of the mayors of Bogotá and Soacha, of the Government of Cundinamarca. From this unified command post we will make decisions that are necessary in exceptional situations that we hope will not occur “, indicated the Minister of Transportation, Guillermo Reyes.
The Transit and Transportation Directorate reported that there will be 600 men available to support the entrance to Bogotá through the different road corridors.
From the District Secretariat of Mobility it is estimated that 350,000 travelers leave in private vehicles and more than 470,000 enter during the festive bridge.
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“We are going to come supporting the nine entry and exit corridors to the city, giving priority to the South highway, the road to Llano and the North highway,” stated the entity.
Additionally, the entity reported that it will have more than 160 operational people from the road management body, more than 250 civil traffic agents and coordination with the city’s traffic light equipment.
In the case of the peak and regional plate on Monday, January 9 (the same hours apply in Soacha), there is no restriction until 12 noon, from 12 noon to 4 pm even vehicles enter, and from 4 pm to 8 pm odd vehicles enter. After 8 pm the measure does not apply.
“What we are looking for is that some do not have a peak and plate time at 4 in the afternoon and others at 5 in the afternoon. In this way we have unified the entrance to Bogotá through the different corridors”, Reyes explained.
On Friday, January 6, at the exit from Bogotá to Anapoima, there will be reversible from 1 pm to 7 pm, between the Mondoñedo tollbooth to kilometer 33 of the municipality of Apulo.
For the return plan along this same route, between 10 in the morning and 10 at night, there will be a reversible route from kilometer 33 of the municipality of Apulo to Mosquera.
On Tuesday, January 10, from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., the same measure will apply from kilometer 33.
On the North highway there will be a reversible from the Puente del Común bridge along Carrera Séptima to Calle 170 from 2:30 in the afternoon to 10 at night.
In the case of the way Villavicencio – Bogotaon Monday holiday from 12 noon to 10 pm there will be reversible from the Pipiral tollbooth (leaving Villavicencio after passing the tunnel) to the entrance of Bogotá.
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According to Coviandina, in the exodus operation there may be reversible waves and waves in the Bogotá – Villavicencio direction, between kilometer 0 and 9 depending on the traffic that also occurs in the municipality of Guayabetal. This, seeking that vehicles do not get trapped in tunnels such as El Boquerón and those of Quebrada Blanca.
Regarding the Bogotá – Girardot highway, Reyes reported that a Traffic Management Plan was agreed upon at stop and go and work points that affect mobility on different roads, especially at kilometer 83.
This PMT guarantees drivers that there will be no stop and go, nor any construction work on the holiday Monday, in the return plan from Fusagasugá to Bogotá. In addition, for the first time, there will be a reversible bus on route 40 from Fusagasugá to Bogotá from 12 noon to 10 p.m.
“Travellers will not be able to leave Bogotá to the south of the country on Monday on route 40, but there will be two roads enabled in the department. The route that goes from the Nuevo Salto sector in Soacha to Viotá and the one that goes through Sibaté to Fusagasugá, which are routes that can direct traffic to the south of the country,” explained the Secretary of Mobility of Cundinamarca, Jorge Godoy.
Also, the minister announced that they agreed with the Soacha mayor’s office and TransMilenio to use the exclusive TransMilenio roadway as a third lane that works during the return plan according to demand and need.
It is worth mentioning that, in the corridors in which a high vehicular flow is expected on Monday, January 9, such as Bogotá – Girardot and Bogotá Villavicencio, there will be a total restriction on cargo transportation. “That includes the exceptions raised by resolution 2307 of 2014. We have established a new one for this holiday Monday, total cargo restriction”Reyes said.
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