The executive director of the Transport Cabinet, Hugo Beras, assured this Tuesday that the road change of the avenue Nick and the street Benito Gonzalezin the National District, which will be implemented from this Saturday, will allow the commercial revival of the area and will improve its road circulation.
As part of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan of Ciudad ColonialAvenue Nick may only be traveled in an East-West direction until Calle 16 de Agosto to connect with Bolívar and Benito Gonzalezwhich is currently in an East-West direction will work in reverse, from West to East.
The change
Drivers currently on the Nickfrom Saturday you must go up Emilio Prud’Homme street, turn right onto Benito street and cross the bridge Ramon Matias Mella They should get on the José Martí or the Juana Saltitopa and take the México.
Beras said that it is an old project in which the merchants of the avenue have participated Nick and institutions such as the Ministry of Tourism, the Mayor’s Office of the National District, the General Directorate of Traffic Safety and Land Transportation (Digesett), the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transportation (Intrant) and the Ministry of Public Works.
“What is sought is to create a dynamic in the area, which is what is proposed in the studies, there are many interesting bets for that to see if the Mella can return to its splendor in commercial terms”, Beras pointed out.
He argued that the works include the remodeling of the Model Market, as is contemplated in the project of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the Colonial City. He indicated that for months they have been working with the routes of vehicles that circulate on both roads.
He affirmed that it will not be a road problem because the streets will have the same vehicular load as before and ensured a better road flow as contained in the study that was carried out and that was the basis for the approval of ordinances 08-2011 and 08 -2021.
“It is a project that was studied and has been socialized, it has been discussed, the only thing that was expected was the decision for the execution date, it has been socialized with all the merchants in the area and they are totally in agreement with that project, thank God we are ready”, he said.
However, on a tour of free diary With only four days to go before the project is put into execution, the vertical and horizontal signage has not been changed, but neither have the traffic lights.
“Tomorrow (today) they finish concluding the issue of coordination of the traffic lights, they have already talked with the transport routes, that was in charge of the Intrant for the change,” said the official,
These improvements have been studied since 2006 with the Ciudad Colonial Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, which was carried out by the firm LOMBARDI & ASSOCIATI and reviewed by other firms with vast experience, highlighting the proposal for road changes in the Colonial City and nearby sectors.
