Due to the lack of school transportation, a group of children belonging to the rural educational institution San Rafael, in Calarcá, Quindío, decided to interrupt traffic for several hours in one of the short tunnels of the via the line.
The students blocked the Cóndor de los Andes tunnel with the purpose of drawing the attention of the authorities so that they expedite the contracting of the rural school transport service and that minors do not continue exposing themselves while they travel the road or asking for a quota from drivers who pass by this road.
“It’s already March and they don’t have transportation. Many live in the upper part and have to go down on foot, exposing themselves to the road. Many muleteers do us the favor of taking them down, but if something happens to one of the children, the muleteer gets into a problem,” denounced Marina García, a relative of one of the students.
The attendant added that every year is the same. “We had to make this sit-in so that they listen to us and that the rights of children are not vulnerable. There are parents who take up to 3 or 4 children on a motorcycle, so much delay with the school transport contract is not fair“.
Students from the San Rafael de Calarcá educational institution blocked the entrance to one of the tunnels on the La Línea road. They claim the school transport service. pic.twitter.com/IHUtGh3m0p
— Laura Sepúlveda (@lausephincapie) March 2, 2022
The school transport of the institution’s students corresponds to the Mayor’s Office of Calarcá, but the entity reported that the process is currently in the stage of awarding the contract.
The Secretary of the Government of Calarcá, Juan David Ospina Salcedo, assured that next Monday the school transport service would start operating. “The commitment to the community is that on Monday the service is provided in this village and in the others in Calarcá,” he said.
Children blocked traffic in the Condor de los Andes tunnel.
They did this school and they did not put signage on it, nobody knows that there is a school in this area, it has nothing, it does not have internet, it is a school abandoned by everyone
Parents and students warned that if next Monday they do not have the service; they will once again block the passage in La Linea.
This educational institution is located in the village of San Rafael, next to the dual carriageway that leads to the La Línea tunnel. A few years ago it was relocated a few meters higher because one of the viaducts of the Central Cordillera Crossing project passed by the educational campus.
“They did this school and they did not put signage on it, nobody knows that there is a school in this area, it has nothing, it does not have internet, it is a school abandoned by everyone,” García claimed.
The Mayor’s Office of Calarcá and the Secretary of Education of Quindío will send a request to the National Institute of Roads (Invías) for the installation of signage on the road, a speed reducer and installation of a sign announcing the location of the campus to avoid accidents.
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