Chaos seized the markets again. The streets that were just seven years ago were Clear with a millionaire investment, today they are crowded of street vendors who take whole sidewalks and streets.
As soon as the sun falls, chaos unleashes in the roundabout of the three thousand plan. In the midst of the works of a half -building bridge, a tangle of stalls is installed in the blink of an eye, completely occupying the entire public space. Among food carts, vegetable vendors and used equipmentthe tumult of people mixes with vehicular traffic, which advances with difficulty. Micros and minibuses form long lines, trapped in stalls that extend on the floor, and in improvised tables and shelves.
At night the atmosphere is chaotic, but the walkers are throughout the day. On the avenue that leads to the Plaza de El Mechero, the sidewalks have been completely covered by vendors that place vegetables, groceries, clothing and other products. The central camell either saves the settlements, where every environment that was armed And improved for passersby, is lost in the middle of the packages of clothing that are placed on the floor and the garments that hang on the trees.
Even a street It is completely closed by vegetable and meat stalls.
The lack of control already covers at least seven blocks, leaving just a lane for vehicular traffic. People have no choice but to walk through the Calzada, dodging tables, awnings and vehicles trying to advance in the medium of horn.
The same happens in other parts of the city. In the surroundings of the ancient market, wells are not saved or cycle paths. Throughout the 6th of August, the walkers extend their stalls on the road, cutting the vehicular circulation. There is sale of shoes, clothing, edible and even cellular accessories. The lack of control leads to some merchants to place iron frames in the middle of the road.
In the sector called the ‘cachis’, which previously focused on Campero Street, chaos has overflowed to the surrounding streets. In the Camperowhere vehicles should circulate, there are awnings and inns, where it is sold from electronic artifacts, clothing, shoes and even food.
Near La Suárez Arana, a part of the street serves as a shelf for stores that unfold their stalls to the road. In other streets, cycle paths are invaded by sellers of clothing, vegetables and medicinal plants, leaving little space for vehicles that travel through the area.
Ambulants copan sidewalks and streets in the ramada, despite the control
. Photo: Fuad Landívar
The ramada was also a critical point again. However, the mayor tries to resume control with operations that are resisted by merchants, They continue to cope with sidewalks and streets. This Wednesday they had their positions without fear of eviction.
The disorder persists in the streets Amboró, Sutó, Muchirí and on Grigotá Avenue.
A millionaire investment
The chaos that are recorded in the old markets buried the reorganization promoted by the Mayor’s Office in 2018, with the relocation of the walkers to the new markets, which demanded an investment of almost Bs 300 million.
Councilors of O.Position question That, despite the millionaire investment in infrastructure, the problem persists.
Between 2016 and 2018, the Mayor’s Office executed a reorganization plan that contemplated the construction of new markets and the transfer of 20,000 merchants. According to official reports, a total of Bs 294.9 million was allocated: Bs 118.8 million for the construction of the La Ramada and the wells markets; Bs 90.2 million for the Support wholesale market; Bs 58.6 million for paving; Bs 21 million for expropriations and Bs 6.2 million for drainage.
Of that amount, Bs 84.9 million left the municipal coffers and the rest was covered with credits to 12 years period, with an interest of 5.5%, which until now follows paying
The controls
Since last week, the Cruceña commune intervenes the public spaces of the old market La Ramada and leaves personnel at different points for GArantize that the roads remain expedited. Reinforced control in streets where there are more settlements, such as Amboró, Sutó, Chané and Grigotá Avenue
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The head of the Public Space Supervision Department, Fernando Limpias, informed that they work in this sector. “We are not restricting the right to work, we are only seeing that the merchant complies with the rules and Law 050/2004 for the citizen to circulate freely and no chaos is generated”He said clean.
In the same way, the Secretary of Citizen Security and Supply, Manfredo Borda, insisted that they are working on the order.
“The markets are the most important points, we understand the need, but the city must be orderly and safe, we ask the citizens to contribute, this is everyone’s job,” Borda emphasized.
Borda indicated quand the same situation will be replicated in the wells of the wells and plan three myl, where a large amount of informal trade is recorded.
“We have identified formal houses and stores that subalquize their spaces for deposit of the walkers, we are also acting against this. The neighbors complain about the disorder, but they are part of it and those who break the law will be sanctioned,” the authority warned.
The neighbors see scarce control in the supply centers.
