Although the transport cabinet implemented the urban mobility plan “RD moves“, he Council of councilors of the National District, is the competent body for normalize and approve those measures through an ordinance.
The national district councilor, Ariel Gutiérrez, warned that the plan to ban the Left turns At several intersections of the capital It lacksfor now, of a municipal ordinance that supports it, so Any fine that is applied would be illegal.
In conversation with Free newspaperGutiérrez explained that, although the initiative has been presented on multiple occasions, they have socialized it and is already executed at some points, the Council of councilors has not yet received the formal project for its study and approval.
“They have to send the project because at any time they will start charging fines and will be illegal fines, because the same does not have an approval due to the City Council, “Gutiérrez explained.
He also stressed that “so far everything is a plan that has been presented, but there is no Municipal Ordinance that supports that proposal that has done the intrant. ”
They ask for technical studies before approving
The councilor for the constituency 1 added that it is necessary to evaluate the Technical Studies that support the measure, since in some cases it is not clear if the elimination of the Left turns It will improve traffic.
“We want to see the technical study that endorses, why was that decision”. In his opinion, “there is intersections that one understands that he would not improve, but would make traffic worse. ”
“For example, remove the left turn in the Churchill with February 27 diverts the traffic to the Sarasota or Bella Vista. We want to see in Documents Officers What was the technical study that motivated that decision, “he explained.
He also pointed out that current traffic measurements can Do not be reliable because “the school year has not started”, which reduces the circulation of vehicles in the city.
Gutiérrez said There is no intention to approve or reject the measure Until the project formally reaches the Council of councilorsstressing that so far there are only “media ads.”
“” There is no official document deposited in the City Council that tells us that we are going to approve X O Y Giro “”National District Regidor
The measure must be reviewed
On his side, the councilor Jorge Happy of the National District, recalled that in February the councilors were summoned by the Government Transport Cabinet: “They visited us and They presented us part of the plan RD moves“He explained.
He also indicated that on that occasion they showed them some aspects About the Left turnsbut “they did not detail at that time where the turns were.”
He explained that, although the National Institute of Terrestrial Transit and Transport No legal support the fines imposed by violating these restrictions.
“If any citizen tomorrow wishes to go to a judgment And say that that fine that was placed by the left turn is illegal, it can go and perfectly understand, although I am not a lawyer, that it must be welcomed “, He pointed out.
The councilor acknowledged that the Intrant has been clear in declaring that the extent is transient and is subject to review, depending on its effectiveness.
In this regard, he stressed that “If it doesn’t work, they must put it back“Although he insisted that the correct procedure would be to submit it first to the Council to legally validate it.
He stressed that, among the themes presented, were the extension of the extension of the Santo Domingo Metro, the organization of schedules and other aspects. “Then we went summoned the day the plan was presented, in the month of June, and there socialized The subject, “he said.
Jorge Happy also approached the benefits of this measure, citing to avoid Left turns Save time and fuel. However, he questioned its long -term effectiveness if it is not accompanied by technical studies.
The councilor said that a “Real Test” to measure the impact of the measurement in transit. He explained that current studies do not reflect the reality of vehicular flow.
“You have to tell them to establish a date of when there is already a real evidence, I understand that the real test has not been in these months. The real test is When children enter schoolbecause there comes the huge concentration of vehicles and the huge concentration of cap, “he warned.
The councilors hope that there will be a more precise approach from the intrant, evaluate the technical studies of the plan and determine whether the restrictions of Left turns They must be maintained, be approved either be eliminated.
