The Department of Traffic and Road Safety of the District reported that due to the Barranquilla Carnival, restrictive traffic measures will be generated only for Via la 40, according to the announcement that the boxes will be assembled and dismantled for the traditional festival of the Caribbean coast, so that the Pico y Placa will rule from the Monday 28 March until Thursday 31.
Ernesto Camargo Vargas, Secretary of Traffic and Road Safety, indicated that for Wednesday the peak and plate that will be in effect from 7:30am to 9:30am and from 5:30pm to 7:00pm, and vehicles ending in plates 9, 0, 1 and 2. On the other hand, Thursday will have the same hours of validity as measured but will only prohibit the mobility of cars finished in 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Already by Friday the 25th of it is modified a little, since the time of the measurement will be extended. The plates finished in 1, 2 and 3, will not be able to move from 6:00pm to 6:00am the next day.
On uSaturday 26, the effective hours of the measure will be from/u b11:00am to 6:00am the next day, with cars finished in 4, 5, 6 and 7 with mobility restrictions. On Sunday 27, the same schedule applies except for vehicles finished in 8, 9 and 0 with peak and license plate.
The page of the mayor's office of Barranquilla published: “Citizens are reminded that vehicles immobilized after 5:00 in the afternoon of Friday, March 25, 2022, will be delivered from Wednesday, March 30, 2022, after carrying out the corresponding procedures”, and recalled that surprised drivers will also be delivered from Wednesday, March 30, 2022, after carrying out the corresponding procedures,” and recalled that surprised drivers will also be delivered fined with a sum of 15 statutory minimum daily wages in force amounting to 468,589 pesos.
The Secretary of Traffic and Road Safety, Secretary of Traffic and Road Safety, also stated regarding the safety measures taken: “Schedule your trips, if you are going to leave the city, do so in time, to avoid delays and setbacks and follow the recommendations of our mobility and police counselors of Transit. Let's live this holiday with peace of mind and be responsible, if you are going to consume alcohol, hand over the keys or use public transport, remember that your family is waiting for you.”
The vehicles excluded from the measure are: those that make up the “presidential caravan”, those intended for the use and safety of the mayor and the governor, vehicles belonging to the Military Forces, the National Police and the National Penitentiary Institute (INPEC), used for the transport of unionized and convicted persons.
Ambulances, vehicles belonging to the fire brigade and any other dedicated exclusively to emergency care and medical or health care, duly identified. Cars adapted for driving and transporting people with disabilities. Operational vehicles of domestic utilities, duly identified.
Vehicles intended for traffic control and cranes that provide the service to the District Transit and Road Safety Secretariat of Barranquilla and the insurers that deal with accidents and/or traffic accidents, duly identified as such.
Vehicles authorized for the transport of securities, official service and diplomatic vehicles, vehicles intended for the provision of private surveillance and escort services, duly identified as such and during the performance of the service.
Hearses: vehicles with armor equal to or greater than level three (3), those of the duly identified media and those intended for the exclusive transport of loading and unloading, during the provision of the respective service (Includes vehicles carrying structural elements for assembly of boxes) .
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