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The PSP asks the public to avoid gatherings in Porto and Gaia on Monday. see places

The PSP asks the public to avoid gatherings in Porto and Gaia on Monday.  see places

This Sunday, the PSP of Porto appealed to the public to avoid crowds at the departure and arrival of the last leg of the Volta in Portugal by bike, a time trial between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.

In a note from the PSP Metropolitan Command, the police urge all citizens to “avoid visiting places with limited pedestrian traffic in order to avoid crowds, namely near the exit, on Avenida Francisco Xavier Estevez, in Porto and at the finish line, on Avenida Diogo. Leite in Vila Nova de Gaia.”

PSP reminds that “traffic in the indicated lanes is strictly prohibited, regardless of the reason (even logistical operations such as supplying businesses, delivering parcels, etc.)”.

The public must also “observe the competition in permitted places, away from the roadside and without interfering with the movement of the caravan,” the PSP note says, which also calls on the public “not to cross or move into the streets of passage under any circumstances.” caravan”.

The 18.6 km individual time trial between the two cities, the last leg of Portugal’s 83rd Cycling Tour, will require the reduction of several lanes in Porto and Gaia.

In Porto, from 06:00 to 21:00 on Monday, according to information from the city council mentioned by the PSP, the lane to Avenida Cidade de León will be completely cut in both directions on Rua de Pego Negro. , on the section between Avenida da Cidade de Léon and Rua das Areias, and in the continuation about 235 meters north of the junction with Avenida da Cidade de Léon.”

Traffic will also be stopped in Rotonda do Cazal, on Avenida Francisco Xavier Esteves, in both directions, on Calle António Ricca Gonçalves, between Alameda do Arquiteto Carlos Ramos and Avenida Francisco Xavier Esteves, Rotonda do Ribeirinho and Avenida Artur de Andrade, in both directions, between the IC29 sub-junction and the Ribeirinho roundabout.

From 12:00 to 19:00 in Porto, roads were completely cut on more than a hundred streets in the areas of Parque Oriental, Corujeira, Estádio do Dragão, Antas, Santos Pousada, Avenida Rodrigues de Freitas, Rua Duque. de Lule, Rua Alexander Herculano and Ponte do Infante.

In Vila Nova de Gaia, according to the city council, traffic closures occur at Avenida Dom João II (including roundabouts of Gil Eanes and Diogo Cao), Rua Raimundo de Carvalho (between the roundabout of Diogo Cao and Avenida da República), Rua de San. Goncalo, Rotonda do Atlantico, Ramalho Ortigao street (between Rotonda do Atlantico and Padua Correia street), Padua Correia street and Largo dos Aviadores.

There will also be cuts to Rua Dr. Francisco Sa Carneiro, Rua Conceleiro Veloso da Cruz (between Via General Torres and Largo Cinco de Utubro), Rua Serpa Pinto, Avenida Ramos Pinto, Largo da Cruz, Rua de Rei Ramiro (between Via Engeneiro Edgar Cardoso and Largo da Cruz) , Rua José Falcão, Outside Rotonda Engenheiro Edgar Cardoso, Avenida Manoel de Oliveira, Via Rosa Mota, Via da Misericórdia, Rua General Torres and Avenida Diogo Leite.

The last leg of Volta a Portugal also touches several Sociedade de Transportes Coletivos do Porto (STCP) lines.

Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal

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