The first highway in Uruguay has already begun to be defined by the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) according to the minister José Luis Falero; Meanwhile, he assured that he will meet with the Canelones Municipality to finalize details.
The minister assured that the government is very enthusiastic because “it is the beginning of different works that are more than necessary” due to the overload and traffic saturation. On the other hand, he announced that they plan to have “different construction systemssuch as interchanges, viaducts.”
Meanwhile, the leader established that a meeting with the Canelones Municipality with the objective of verifying that the highway layout does not affect the urban Development from the Department.
The keys to the project
Falero announced that the highway will begin two or three kilometers from Airport going to Pando and would end on route 8, near route 11 and there will be a total 23 kilometers. According to the minister, “it is the most convenient route” to develop. According to his instructions, the beginning of the highway would be on Route 101, close to Nicolich Colony.
The leader announced that the land around the future highway will have to, expropriated for the most part, although he clarified that “they sought registration limits so that no one in particular would be affected.” Once that stage is finished, the portfolio intends to publicly present the layout and determine financing. Regarding the permitted speed, the minister announced that the maximum speed that is currently set at 110 kilometers per hour will be raised.
On the other hand, the work would start next year and would have a duration of 18 months total. Regarding the differences between a route and this highway, the minister explained that it will have “a point of origin and a point of arrival, without interference.” “It will be a two-way street with a New Jersey barrier in the middle (concrete safety barrier). With barrier for returns in case of accidents. It will be for light vehicles and thus lighten the Interbalnearia,” he assured.
The other MTOP projects
The study of the new highway joins other alternatives that the MTOP is working on. One of them was the expressway project on the Interspa Route that, as Falero had anticipated at the time, would seek improve mobility in access to Montevideo along this route, concentrating on traffic from the Solís stream to the east.
On the other hand, those who visited the spas of the Gold Coast would continue using the current routealthough “with lower pressure”, given that the traffic would be segregated and would generate a lower car density on each of the roads.
This project seems to have been relegated while the ministry studies the possibility of building a highway and the minister himself clarified that the Interspa Route does not allow for a greater number of roads.
However, a project that is advancing and is optimistically projected as complementary to private traffic and bus passenger traffic in the area is the train-tram that will link Montevideo with Cannelloni. “A private initiative appeared that, in my opinion, is interesting. We are willing to approve.
The ministry’s technical studies indicate that it is a convenient proposal. Now we need to finish a formal part, and to convey to the two mayors that there is work done on that request, a proposal that was considered and evaluated favorably,” Falero had explained when they began to talk about the proposal, highlighting that, for the first time, Once, when talking about connections on the coast, there was a specific project.
Source: Ambito
