The minister of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP), José Luis Faleroannounced that the first highway in Uruguay will have an innovative toll system called “Free Flow”, an arch that will allow electronic and automatic collection of the section in question.
The MTOP is advancing with the ambitious project to improve connectivity in the metropolitan area—among Montevideo and Cannelloni- and contribute to less congestion of the Interspa Route: the first highway in the country.
In this regard, Minister Falero spoke in dialogue with Channel 10, where he explained how the toll collection in the section in which the government works. “A bridge has to be built over the Pando stream and with a Free Flow, which is an arch that is placed on the bridge, you pay the same toll electronically as if you were passing through the Pando toll,” explained the leader.
This toll payment system does not have Physical barriers, which means that vehicles do not have to stop or slow down to pass through it and pay the corresponding fee — which will also contribute to better circulation on the highway. Its operation is similar to the tag of the electronic toll, while a sensor reads the vehicle registration number when passing under the device, which is shaped like an arch.
Free Flow already works in countries like United States, Ireland either Norway, and this year it began to be implemented on highways and highways in Spain; therefore it constitutes an important innovation for traffic and circulation in Uruguay.
Progress on the first highway
Currently, the MTOP works on the final layout of the highway, that is, what the route that the traffic route will take will be. For this, the main thing that is taken into account, in addition to it being a superior route, is that it does not affect either the urban or the environmental aspects.
In that sense, of the eight proposals received by the portfolio led by Falero, the ministerial team works “with greater intensity on two.” At the moment, it is confirmed that the highway will pass “behind the Pinar Autodrome” and will go “to the Park Cemetery at the intersection of Route 8 and Route 11.
According to Falero, “it would pass over Route 34, Route 87 and connect with Route 11, which goes towards Atlantis.” Likewise, in the section of Route 8 with which the highway will connect, a road is already being built. double via, which will be ready next year.
“By April the layout should be ready to start the bidding process. The work could start at the end of the year,” he explained.
Source: Ambito
