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Heavy Trucks Asked To Not Use
Highway During High Traffic
Period
The
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT) is looking
for ways to make the drive home
at the end of this holiday
season a lot easier, by ordering
that all heavy vehicles -
tractor trailers, etc. - be
prohibited from circulating the
main route of San Ramón and
Barranca on January 1.
The Policía de Tránsito will be
operating a number of road spot
checks along the 37 kilometre
route that runs east of San José
to Puntarenas, crossing one of
the most heavily trafficked
section of the Inter American
highway, as it winds the
mountain from the Central Valley
to the Pacific coast.
Ministra de Obras Públicas y
Transportes, Karla Gomez, said
yesterday that her office has
notified all transport companies
to collaborate in keeping their
trucks off the road between
10:00am and 6:00pm.
The plan is to free up the road
of heavy trucks that slow down
traffic up the mountain on route
to San José and make the return
home from the beaches and
resorts easier for passenger
vehicles and buses. "Our call is
to all transport companies that
service the Caldera (Pacific)
port to keep their trucks parked
during the hours of 10 and 6 and
in addition no ships are
expected at the port on January
1 and there is no call for
trasnporting any goods", said
the minister.
The measure will hopefully
reduce the dangers on the road
and accidents between light and
heavy vehicles, which usually
result in fatalities.
Though the measure is a
voluntary one, Tránsito
(traffic) officials can request
any vehicle to pull off the road
in accordance with article 96 of
the Ley de Tránsito, to make way
for other vehicles to pass.
The minister added that the
Policía de Tránsito will also be
keeping an eye for the San José-Limón
and San José-Paso Canoas routes.
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