The Municipality of Montevideo (IM) will make a special operation for transit during this Christmas Eve at the request of the community chief Carolina Cosse.
The IM will install checkpoints for both alcohol and THC (marijuana). In case of finding people with positive spirometry “They will be fined, their notebooks will be withdrawn for six months and, in the event that the spirometry is greater than 1.2, they will pass it on to the misdemeanor judge,” reported the pro-secretary of the mayor’s office, Daniel González. , according to Telenoche.
At the same time, the municipal officials will have a winch to take the vehicle if the occupants are not fit to drive.
For its part, in Maldonado, there will be four traffic control points where alcohol, THC and all traffic violations will be controlled, informed The Observer, the general director of Transit and Transport of the commune, Juan Pígola. And he added that between 10:00 p.m. and 01:00 a.m. the teams will be reduced but then they will return to work normally.
How to report coexistence problems in Montevideo on Christmas Eve and Christmas
Another of the points that the Municipality of Montevideo points to is that of “departmental coexistence”: “We are going to have inspectors accompanied by police officers who they will control the events that take place on the 24th and 25thin addition to attending to all the complaints that are made and ensuring the proper use of public space, ”said González
In turn, he recalled that the population can file complaints for “misuse of public space” by calling 1950 5000.
This refers, he indicated, to “any conduct that violates the rights of others”; on the other hand, if you want to report damage to private property or that a person is at risk, he noted that these cases correspond to 911, so that communication should be with the troops.
Lifeguard service in Montevideo during the holidays
Finally, the third element will be life guard. “We know that these are times of good weather and where people go to the beach, so 08:00 to 20:00 the mayor’s office will have a lifeguard service“, argued the official.
Although this last aspect would not be necessary for the Christmas festivities, since rain is forecast across the countryyes it can be for New Years, for when the Meteorologists predicted a weekend without rain and hot.
This operation is added to already announced regarding garbage collection and city cleaningwhich provides for special shifts for collection and specific fines for premises and individuals.
This will be the garbage collection service in Montevideo at Christmas and New Year
On December 24 and 31 the trash service in containers it will operate until 7:30 p.m. “The manual collection and cleaning of fairs will be done until 6:30 p.m. In both cases the services will be restored on the 25th and the 1st at the 22nd hour,” he said in a statement.
