The elevated driveway that builds the National Transit Institute and Land Transportation (Intrant) in it Pierin front of the Eugenio María de Hostos park, has generated rejection among drivers and strong blockages because its height would be outside the international standards.
Several drivers have expressed their dissatisfaction, alleging that the low vehicles collide and break bumperswhile the larger ones hit the rear when descending. Videos have gone viral on social media in which cars can be seen jumping over the structure, built almost at the level of the sidewalks.
The sharp reduction of speed —which in some cases reaches almost zero— causes extensive congestion for those traveling in an east-west direction. This is the first of six causeways to be built in the George Washington Avenuefrom the Fray Antón de Montesinos square to the vicinity of the Universidad del Caribe.
He Intrant announced that, in addition to this roadother devices will be installed to calm traffic due to the dangerousness of the road. The director of Traffic and Roads of the entity, Joel Gnecoreported that other will be built five causewaysalthough shorter in length. The project also includes soundtracks or vibrators to alert drivers and force them to reduce speed. speed.
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Although some users claim that they were surprised by the structure, for weeks there have been at least four signs warning about the construction and urging people to slow down.
Some drivers, upon seeing the press, expressed their disagreement with the measure with expressions such as “Congratulations to the Government for that nonsense”; also: “Another nonsense, they don’t hit one.” Elido Bonifaciodriver of a short vehicle, expressed that what his height does is cause damage to vehicles. “That’s for you to spend money repairing the vehicles,” he said.
Protect to the family: the priority of Intrant
“That is where the State, through local government and the Intrantwhich is responsible for road safety, traffic and land transportation, must prioritize. If I have to decide between having someone pass quickly in their vehicle or having a family cross safely by walking, I think everyone knows the answer,” Gneco stated.
He recalled that the permitted speed in it Pier It is 30 kilometers per hour, a regulation that is currently not respected. “You just have to look at the videos: for one vehicle to reach where the second one arrived, it had to go more than 60 kilometers per hour, which is already a violation, even without elevated drivewaybecause this section is 35 kilometers per hour,” he stated.
The international standards establish a maximum height 10 centimeters for this type of device. However, the road built in a section of the George Washington Avenue exceeds the 30 centimeters.
