Mayor Carolina Cosse announced that the bike path on Avenida 18 de Julio seeks to provide “more order and road safety.”
The mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse, announced the construction of a cycle path on the 18 de Julio Avenue, that will allow joining the Obelisk with the Independence Square, with an extension of 3.5 kilometers and a variable width, according to the section of the road.
At the same time, cosse explained that the Municipality will promote the seal Greener Montevideo for those businesses that include bicycle racks and favor users who choose to travel this way. “The I.M. It is proposed to highlight those who join its environmental policies and contribute to strengthening active mobility,” they said from the departmental headquarters.
The cycle path will have an extension of 3.5 kilometers with different widths in Center and Cord. According to the statement, the bike lane will be painted in the center of the avenue and against the northern curb in Saint Joseph.
“The project was worked on with cycling groups, transport companies, and Grupo Centro (merchants),” he highlighted. cosse at a press conference and, regarding the separation in the section by July 18, He noted: “We have to have this bike lane ensuring people’s safety.”
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An area through which 600 bicycles circulate per day
From the I.M. They stated that 600 bicycles circulate every day in the afternoons on the avenue, almost double the number of other streets. “It is by far the one with the greatest circulation of bicycles,” highlighted the mayor, who proposes a cultural change in the fight against climate change.
Regarding the route, he indicated that from the Obelisk the bike path will go July 18 until Jaguar, to wander down the street Saint Joseph, round trip, while it will arrive by Saint Joseph to the Independence Square. “In that section the avenue becomes narrow,” he explained. Cosse.
The department head valued that “this project is connecting different cycle paths, because it connects the area of Old City, the university bicycle circuit and is connecting with Italy Avenue and Batlle Park and expressed: “This move, in addition to being valuable in itself, has the ability to connect. “It promotes the bicycle as a means of transportation.”
Lastly, regarding the seal Greener Montevideo, From the Municipality they specified that merchants who wish to apply must send a message with the word ‘Bicycle’ to 092.250260.
Source: Ambito
