Since the implementation of the special payment for circulation in Medellin during the pick and plate Controversy has been generated around its relevance and functionality.
Although the municipal mayor’s office and the Valle de Aburrá Metropolitan Area defended the measure, indicating that it seeks to discourage the purchase of another vehicle to remove the peak and license plate, others believe that this has not improved mobility in the capital of Antioquia and its neighboring municipalities.
This is the case of Envigado, in the south of Aburrá, one of the municipalities with the highest influx of vehicular traffic in the area.
your mayor, Braulio Espinosa, criticized the payment for circulationny called a meeting between the 10 mayors of Valle de Aburrá to see the figures and rethink the measure.
“I believe that the most important thing is to improve mobility and air quality. I will request that a meeting of all the mayors of the Metropolitan Area be held to analyze this measure. If an agreement is not reached, I will make the decision to prohibit mobility with this payment on El Poblado avenue and in Las Vegas, in our jurisdiction,” Espinosa warned.
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In case of not reaching an agreement, I will make the decision to prohibit mobility with this payment on El Poblado avenue and in Las Vegas, in our jurisdiction
If this decision is made, it would be a serious problem for drivers heading south, since these two avenues They are direct connections from Medellin.
Although he acknowledged that the implementation of this measure was agreed upon as a pilot test to collect data to evaluate its effectiveness, the municipal president reported that these two arterial roads, which are vital to reach the municipality, are collapsed.
Espinosa reported that the municipality has an additional situation, which is the works of Metroplús on El Poblado avenue, which makes many drivers choose to go through Las Vegas avenue.
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“And to add to this difficulty, in the next few days we are going to close two lanes between Pecositas and the Ayurá bridge on Avenida El Poblado and we are going to divert traffic through one of the neighborhoods so that they exit again on Av. populated later. It means that we are going to have greater difficulty in mobility in Envigado and we cannot allow those who should keep their vehicles by the peak and license plate to continue traveling on these roads, ”said the president.
Regarding this payment, the Medellin Mobility Secretariat reported that during the first week, 2.6% of pick and plate drivers used itwhich is equivalent to 49,270 vehicles.
Of the total, 89.2% of the vehicles are from municipalities other than Medellín.
Itagüí did not accept the measure
If mobility is prohibited in its jurisdiction to those who pay said permit, Envigado would join Itagüí, which until now is the only one of the 10 municipalities of the Aburrá Valley that has not accepted said service on some of its roads.
The mayor of the municipality, José Fernando Escobar, clarified that Itagüí will not establish this rate to allow the circulation of vehicles in restricted hours, considering that “the congestion charge measure goes against the main motivation of the peak and license plate, which is to reduce congestion, protect the environment and encourage alternative means of mobility.”
The congestion charge measure goes against the main motivation of the bill and plate, which is to reduce congestion.
But nevertheless, enabled some road corridors so that the pilot proposed by Medellín and the Metropolitan Area is carried out and its relevance is determined.
Carrera 42 (South highway) is the central axis determined by the mayor’s office so that vehicles that make the payment and must go south of the Aburrá Valley can circulate.
Those who travel from Medellin along Guayabal Avenue will be able to get to Parque de las Chimeneas and head down Calle 85 towards the La Ayurá road interchange to look for Av. Las Vegas, the Regional or the South highway.
In addition, the entrance through the highway to Envigado will be enabled through the loop of the Simón Bolívar bridge (the pandequeso); for Sabaneta by streets 50 (Mayorca) and 31 (Fábricas Unidas); and for La Estrella and San Antonio de Prado by the bridge of 77 south and Av. Pilsen towards 36th street (Ditaires – Bariloche) respectively.
The mayor warned that those who circulate in pico y placa through the other roads of Itagüí, even with the payment, a subpoena may be imposed for traveling through prohibited sites.
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