They raise peak and environmental plate to cargo vehicles in Medellín - Medellín - Colombia

Through Metropolitan Resolution 341 of 2022, the Valle de Aburrá Metropolitan Area (AMVA) lifted the Level of ‘Prevention’ for air quality, declared since Monday, February 28 because about 80% of the Siata stations recorded an orange air quality index (harmful for sensitive groups).

However, according to the entity, the restrictive measure of the peak and environmental license plate to freight vehicles, added to the rains of recent days, helped improve air quality in the region.

Said resolution indicates that the declaration of Prevention level is lifted as of March 3 for the control of air pollution episodes in the first half of 2022, as well as the measures to restrict the movement of cargo transport vehicles and dump trucks. .

That is there will no longer be a peak and environmental plate for these vehicles.

The AMVA clarified that the air pollution episode, which began on February 14 and will last until April 1 of this year, continues, so it is not ruled out that during that time a level of prevention can be declared again, alert or emergency.

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Regarding the Air Quality Indices (ICA), the stations of the Early Warning System (Siata) that monitor the levels of air pollution, show that the majority present a yellow ICA (moderate) and the rest a green ICA (good). ).

“It is expected that at least eight stations would continue at a moderate ICA and another eight stations could reach a good ICA by the end of the afternoon on March 2 of the currents. This means that none of the population-based PM2.5 monitoring stations have exceeded the national daily air quality standard (37 ug/m³: micrograms cubic meter), during the last two days”, indicated the AMVA.

The resolution of the environmental authority, maintains the recommendations to companies to take Ecocity measures, such as: promoting teleworking and remote work or at home, enabling new temporary bike lanes, implementing logistics corridors to improve transport efficiency. of cargo, Promote the actions of the Sustainable Business Mobility Plan (Plans
MONTH), as well as flexible and staggered schedules.

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Peak and license plate in Medellín: at least 70,000 vehicles evade the measure - Medellín - Colombia

Despite the fact that in Medellín and the other municipalities of the Aburrá Valley there have been improvements in mobility with the two-digit peak and license plate that has been in force since this year, The joy did not last long when the circulation permit came into force and again the citizens report big traffic jams.

This last measure, which has been criticized by various sectors and even by at least two mayors of Aburrá, would not be the only source of congestion, as confirmed by the Valle de Aburrá Metropolitan Area.

Citizen videos have shown that drivers they evade the measure by putting rags on the plates, painting and other elements so as not to be caught by the photodetection cameras violating this restriction.

According to the director of the AMVA, in one day, on average, there are 70,000 motor vehicles that go out on the roads without having a permit for circulation, exemption and being on peak and license plate.

“In Medellin they have a number of LPR cameras installed that allow license plates to be read and information is being crossed to find out if those vehicles may be circulating, it turns out that there are 70,000 vehicles or citizens who do not respect the peak and license plate measures, which are congesting the metropolitan territory,” Palacio said.

Congestion is also added to the fact that nearly 20,000 vehicles are exempt from the peak and license plate measure because they have vehicular gas, without often using this type of fuel.

“If you ask a family member, a friend, someone you know, at many events, find those roads or shortcuts where the traffic agents are not and where there are no cameras to get to the point they want, it’s a reality.”

It should be remembered that at the beginning of February, one week after the entry into force of the Special Permit for Circulation during peak and license plate, 49,270 vehicles were registered using the measure, reaching a collection of 1,565 million pesos.

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