The mayor of Montevideo, Caroline Cosseexplained this Thursday what the “transitory” bike path would be like for the Montevideo boulevard that he intends to incorporate.
According to what he said, they would paint “one part, in a division one third or two thirds” of the apartment from Ciudad Vieja to the Trouville area. Signage would not be used. The temporary solution that they propose “is what affects the least” the heritage, indicated the mayor.
As the boulevard is declared historical heritage, any intervention on it requires the authorization of the National Heritage Commission.
Photo: Leonardo Carreno.
That letter has already been sent and they received a response from the commission. “They asked us for a drawing of how it would look and what kind of painting it is. We are going to answer him today or on Monday to continue walking”he commented.
The comings and goings on the bike path in the boulevard
The discussion about the bicycles on the boulevard occurred after The Observer informed that the commune would ask cyclists to circulate on foot on the boulevard.
That request was based on the normative already existing that indicates that “it is prohibited to circulate through the places destined for pedestrians and people who travel by bicycle on public roads are obliged to circulate along the right edge of the road”.
After this information, the commune reversed that request and announced a temporary measurewhich is to paint a part of the boulevard, with prior authorization from the Heritage Commission.
In addition, the mayor announced that it would meet with groups of cyclists to achieve “fundamental” solutions in the mobility of this point of Montevideo.
About them, Cosse announced this Thursday that he held the first meeting with the groups.
There it was agreed to “consolidate the information.” That means that the heat maps of Montevideo are shown on the bicycles. “We want to have an application by March to be able to have a map of the use of bicycles in Montevideo,” he said.
