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Fernández Gets Clean Up Whit Closure of
Illegal Exits
With the objective of making the autopista
Próspero Fernández safer for drivers, the
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT),
yesterday began closing up more than a dozen
"exits" along the highway that have been
carved out by motorists over time.
The Próspero Fernández is the section of
highway between La Sabana and Santa Ana that
forms part of the highway to Caldera that is
being widened and upgraded.
Many drivers, for lack of a closer exit and
just plain laziness, have carved out many
exits along the highway, especially between
at Guachipelin to Piedades de Santa Ana.
Crossing medians, sometimes getting stuck in
the marshy grass, building their own
shortcuts, and sometimes even their own
roads.YTthe autopista has virtually become a
free for all.
The MOPT has identified 19 points were
situations like this have been common and
yesterday began closing them with barriers,
obstructions and signage, warning drivers
they will be fined.
The viceministro de Concesiones del MOPT,
Guillermo Matamoros, says the closures are
authorized under the Ley de Caminos Públicos.
It is not uncommon, especially near the
Santa Ana intersection, that exits have been
carved out to access local shops and
businesses. These shortcuts serve the
commerce well as they may lose customers if
they are forced the take the legal - long -
way around.
The worst of the shortcuts are between the
Santa Ana intersection and Piedades, where
u-turns to access locations like the Club
Hípico La Caraña and the Río Oro
condomimiuns are common, often the cause of
accidents.
The closures, said Matamoros, is part of the
clean up of the autopista for the completion
of the San José-Caldera project that will
cut travel between San José and the Pacific
port in less than 45 minutes.
The Policia de Transito will also be
increasing their patrols along the highway
to ensure that drivers who insist on
crossing the barriers will be sanctioned.
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