For the third consecutive day, thousands of vehicles, interprovincial and heavy-duty buses took hours and hours to complete their route. Lima to Huancayo and vice versa. At the Huancayo Terrestrial Terminal there were people waiting for traffic to be restored so they could travel to the capital of Peru.
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According to the Huancayo Terminal, the interprovincial buses that should arrive in the morning did so in the afternoon. Yesterday, at 11:00 am, the buses that left Lima had not yet arrived. The workers projected that they would arrive as early as 4:00 pm (same as the day before).
Also, every day between 10 to 15 interprovincial buses arrive in Huancayo de Lima. And from Huancayo to Lima, up to 40 units leave per day.
Through social networks, some users shared videos showing dozens of vehicles stranded and lined up on the Central Highway. “Today March 7, 8 am there is a critical situation on the Central Highway. Urgent intervention of the competent bodies. This road has long since collapsed, ”posted a user of initials HGL
Just like him, there were dozens of passengers and drivers of the vehicles stranded on the Central Highway.
Meanwhile, at the Huancayo Terminal, it was observed that most interprovincial transportation companies were closed, and those that were open only offered tickets for the night. Users stated that the ticket price for Lima was S/50 on the second floor and S/60 and S/70 on the first floor. When it normally costs S/30. Only one company offered for 1:45 p.m. yesterday, hoping that traffic on the Central Highway will be restored to 100% within the hours. This situation has caused many to remain in the terminal facilities waiting for the price to drop or also for the pass to be normal, since most of them just come for a walk and have to return to their jobs.
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In the exteriors, the informal ones offered the ticket for up to S/90. Supply and demand, they even stated that they would go through other alternate routes.
It all started on Saturday, March 5, when at 10:00 am a tanker loaded with dangerous material got off track at kilometer 87 of the Ocatara tunnel. The Deviandes concessionaire reported that for 6 hours they would close the pass in both directions so that the firefighters, police and personnel carry out the respective work.
At 6 in the afternoon of March 5, the tanker was still at the accident site, but the National Police of Peru (PNP) opened a lane for the units to advance.
Yesterday, March 06, the pass was closed again to remove the dangerous material from the clueless tanker, at 08:30 pm Deviandes reported that there was already a normal pass in both directions.
However, at 10:00 pm it was again reported that there was traffic congestion due to lane invasion in San Mateo. And for yesterday March 07 at 10:00 am they reported the same thing. There are many reckless drivers who overtake and invade the lane forming up to 4 lines of vehicles. Despite this, progress is very slow in various sectors of the highway, long lines of units were seen in the sectors of San Mateo, Matucana and Corcona.
