Starting this Monday, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires will begin the works to rearrange the public space in the bus station. Withdrawalwith the aim of improving pedestrian circulation in the area.
To begin the works, the itinerant workers who settle daily in Withdrawal They were evicted through a robust security operation, which provoked protests by the manteros in area.
As reported by the Buenos Aires Government, the rearrangement works in the public space of Withdrawal “It involves the intervention of 4,500 square meters of sidewalks and the stops of the transfer center with electrical installation and fine-tuning of furniture.”
In this way, and temporarily, the stops of the buses and taxis will be changed, and traffic will also be divertedespecially on Avenida José María Ramos Mejía between Antártida Argentina and the access to the subway station on line C.
For its part, pedestrian traffic will be diverted to the two lanes adjacent to the sidewalk on the side of the railway and bus stations. Meanwhile, the stops of lines 28, 70, 75, 92, 100, 101 and 150 located on José María Ramos Mejía between av. Argentine Antarctica and Padre Mugica.
They will be relocated on the whereabouts that are located in front of Plaza Canada. To guide users on the new changes, there will be about seventy traffic agents in the area permanently.
With regard to the Belgrano Norte and San Martín stations, the entrances will be enabled through the side doors. It is estimated that the works in area will be extended for the next 60 days.
What does the improvement plan consist of?
The City Government reported that the rearrangement plan covers 4,500 square meters of sidewalks, where the structures of the Avenida Antártida Footbridge will be painted and the railings will be repaired.
The double luminaires in the central docks of Avenida Ramos Mejía will also be replaced by clovers with 4 luminaires in 9-meter columns. In addition, work will be done on pedestrian lighting in existing columns on Avenida del Libertador (on the railway sidewalk)”, and Plaza Canada will be intervened with the provision and placement of grass, trees, plants, crushed stone and a landscaped green embankment.
Likewise, “newspaper and flower stands that are not in good condition will be replaced and maintained, and the road and the entire horizontal demarcation on 9 blocks of Avenida Ramos Mejía will be repaved. And patching and horizontal demarcation tasks will be carried out on Avenida del Libertador”.
