Jorge Macri made official the reopening of the City of La Paz bridgewhich begins in the neighborhood of Palermoin the City of Buenos Aires. The measure was confirmed together with neighbors of the area.
This bridge connects Palermo with Colegiales and Belgranoother important neighborhoods of the city, and is elevated above the roads of the Miter railwayspecifically from Retiro branch bound for Jose Leon Suarez.
Communicating the reopening, the Head of Government stated: “We are complying with the opening of the bridge closed last December by the previous management. With this repair work, which is quick, we will allow the operation while we move forward with the final work.”
“These works will allow us to quickly recover urban connectivity and will have a limiting height so that heavy trucks do not enter. At the same time we are doing a tender for a completely new bridgewhich will replace the current one,” he added.
According to him, the work will be completed during 2025. The confirmation to the neighbors was made together with Facundo Bargallohe Undersecretary of Citizen Service.
The enabling of the bridge
The CABA authorities reported on the enabling process of the Ciudad de la Paz bridge. The priority of the first stage The priority is to be able to use the bridge again and improve the environment of the area.
In this way, they foresee enable it exclusively for transit light, after carrying out work to recondition the roads and drains. This first opening is defined for March 31.
It must also be done beforehand reconstruction of the jointsand they must add and weld new reinforcements metal to ensure safety.
Since when was the bridge closed and why?
On January 17, 2023, under the government of Horacio Rodríguez Larretathe vehicular and pedestrian circulation due to risks of structural failure and it was decided to build a new bridge.
After the change in management, this year a survey was carried out by the Ministry of City Infrastructurewhich concluded that it was viable, through work, to make it functional with the current structure to enable the use only for cars.
However, the future goal is complete reconstructionl, reinforcing the structure to allow access of any vehicle. As confirmed, there are no serious risks.
Source: Ambito
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