An administrative drama of proportions was experienced yesterday by the department of Black river when a machine unintentionally cut three fiber optic cables, leaving several locations without internet, causing the computer systems of state offices and the integrated access system of Migrationswhich generated the temporary closure and significant delays in the San Martin International Bridge that unites Fray Bentos with Between rivers in Argentina.
Uruguay It has three land border crossings with Argentina: he bridge Artigasbetween the cities of Paysandu and Colon; another envelope Big Jumpbetween Leap and Concord; and the San Martín bridge, which connects Fray Bentos with Gualeguaychu.
Given the internet outage, the crossing was temporarily closed on this last viaduct and Uruguayan personnel at the border had to manually carry out each entry, prioritizing cargo transport and a small group of private cars.
The situation generated delays of several hours, and queues that exceeded 2 kilometers, between cars and trucks seeking to cross the river. Uruguaywhich continued during the late afternoon and early evening hours of this Thursday.
The head of Customs of Gualeguaychú, Gustavo Falconconfirmed that due to this cut during the morning of this Thursday, Uruguay could not “give entry to people traveling from Argentina“, in the southern connection of Entre Ríos.
For this reason, personnel from the Argentine National Gendarmerie (GNA), Immigration and Customs warned those who were trying to cross the bridge. “It was even decided to divert vehicular traffic to Colón,” some 140 kilometers further north through Entre Ríos, and along Uruguay They had to make another 130 to get to Paysandú, Falcón explained to the media ” Ahora El Día “.
The municipal works were carried out on the premises of a club located near the intersection of national routes 2 “Vladimir Roslik Bichkov” and 102 “Wilson Ferreira Aldunate”.
Although around 5 p.m. the internet service and activity at the immigration post in Uruguaythere was a line of about 2 kilometers, between cars and trucks waiting to cross after more than seven hours of delays.
Source: Ambito
