The Municipality of Montevideo (IM) He officially inaugurated the controversial bicycle path on Avenida 18 de Julio, which will connect the Obelisk with Plaza Independencia, a work that took almost a month and still has a section pending, on Juncal Street.
This Thursday, the Mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosseindicated that this work will help “cultural change” to transmit the benefits of a healthy life and coexistence in harmony by passers-by.
In a press conference, the capital leader said that the I.M. He was delivering accessories and lights for cyclists’ bicycles as “a welcome gesture” to the new cycle path, although it had already been busy for a few days.
“We are very happy with how the project was developed, for all the information we put on the table and the participation of the groups (cyclists) and businesses,” highlighted the department head.
Regarding the controversy surrounding the new traffic order, cosse He said that now the IM will insist that pedestrians not cross in the middle of the block, but rather do so at the corners. “Before we had 600 bicycles per day interspersed in traffic, now they have a place and we have to achieve a harmonious solution,” he pointed out in this regard.
cosse He explained that the work is part of the work that is being done on the main avenue of the capital, which includes lighting, trees and gardens under the trees. “The tender was for about 40 million pesos plus taxes, which was planned,” he stated.
“We all have the right to enjoy the city”
“This means that everyone has their place, it has to do with the right to the city, we all have the right to enjoy the city,” emphasized the capital’s mayor after being consulted about the traffic order on July 18.
“We want to promote healthy living, that is Greener Montevideo“It’s a tree-lined 18 de Julio, it’s a place for bicycles,” he said, adding that “it not only has to do with cyclists, but with what the rest of us experience when we see it like that.”
Source: Ambito
