Merchants from the neighborhoods of Flores, Floresta and Mataderos protested this Wednesday “a channel of dialogue” with the Buenos Aires government during a protest they held on Alberdi avenue, at the intersection with Ensenada, for the construction of the Metrobus.
merchants oppose the work that the Buenos Aires government executes on Alberdi and Directorio avenues, because they consider that will harm your activitycharacterized by the sale of ceramics and sanitaryware.
The protest was held on Alberdi avenue, at the intersection with Ensenada, where the preparatory tasks for the Metrobus began, consisting of leveling the pavement from the elimination of side ditches.
Sebastián, who runs a family business that is over 50 years old, told Télam that the purpose of the protest was to “try let them listen to us to be able to think of an agreed plan of the work they want to do”.
“We are not denying improvements, but we are not harming a sector that is so important for the entire country, which is the production of sanitaryware, ceramics, and construction materials,” said the merchant.
He warned that, if the Metrobus that contemplates the parking ban“there is no way to continue if they do not allow me to operate on Alberdi avenue, which is necessary both for customers and for loading and unloading”.
Specifically, the first stage of the road project that began last week with the aim of “improving travel times for public transport” covers Alberdi, between San Pedrito and Bruix, where there is a hub of sanitary and ceramic sales businesses. which brings together some 400 stores and more than 2000 employees
The Junta member of Commune 9 for the Frente de Todos Juan Chaves pointed out that “merchants are very concerned because where other Metrobus works have already been done in the City, there was a drop in commercial demand and then they are convinced that they are going to be harmed”.
“It would be very good for the Buenos Aires government to open an instance of dialogue in the face of the disagreement of the merchants and also of the neighbors”expressed and added that “this work was done from the desks.”
The mobilization was the third that they carried out in the last 20 days, which in all cases included a partial cut to vehicular traffic on Alberdi and the display of posters with legends rejecting the project, among them, “No to the Metrobus. Useless, unnecessary and harmful work”.
María, a neighbor of the Flores neighborhood, added her rejection of the future Metrobus by indicating that “it is going to bring more cement and it is not going to make the transit of the buses go faster because in this area there are no traffic jams, on the contrary, the cars They take six to eight minutes to do the stretch where they want to put the exclusive lane”.
