The Municipal Traffic Police (PMT) of the city of Guatemala, Mixco and Villa Nueva announced this Wednesday, April 30, how will the reversible lanes that are enabled to relieve traffic in their demarcations this Wednesday 30.
The Mixco PMT indicated that the reversible lanes will not be enabled on Thursday, May 1; However, agents will maintain supervision in the different sectors.
This provision applies to the lanes that are enabled at the end of the San Cristóbal platform, in Mixco, to Las Charcas, zone 11 of the capital, as well as for the one that operates from kilometer 17.5 of the Inter -American Route to the Roosevelt road.
For his part, Amílcar Montejo, communication director of Emetra, informed that the reversible lanes in the capital will be enabled only if necessary. He added that there will be police personnel and signaling in the usual areas.
“Only if necessary, by urgency or emergency, they will be installed. According to our records, there was no demand in previous years,” Montejo explained.
Similar will be the situation in Villa Nueva, where the traffic authorities reported that from early they will analyze the possibility of enabling reversible lanes.
Dalia Santos, spokesman for the PMT of Villa Nueva, indicated that a transit behavior monitoring will be carried out from the early hours of the morning. This includes kilometer 19 of the CA-9 route, Ciudad Real and El Búcaro.
He added that the authorization of the reversible lanes will depend on the observed vehicular flow.
In Villa Nueva, a possible increase in vehicular load is anticipated from 8.30 am, at which time people could start moving towards various destinations, such as supermarkets, shopping centers and restaurants.
Santos said that this variation in the mobility pattern could significantly alter traffic behavior.