Montevideo experiences hours of chaos in the traffic of the port Rambla on this Thursday afternoon, following the demonstration of dozens of carriers self-convened people who came to the capital from different points in the interior to complain about the increase in fuel and the government’s intention to implement a loading guide.
According to the Caminera Police spokesperson, Belso Rodríguez, in dialogue with Underlined By six p.m. on Thursday, rush hour on a weekday, traffic is extremely slowed downsituation that affects the “majority of the urban plant of Montevideo”.
In addition to the demonstration, there is also a Burned vehicle that was registered on the exit road from Montevideoalso along the port Rambla, which has nothing to do with the demonstration. The causes of the fire, which caused total losses but no injuries, are being investigated.
The Waze platform reflects the traffic situation in the main arteries of Montevideo for this Thursday afternoon, with several roads with “dense”, “very intense” and “moderate” traffic.
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Although the protesters mainly block the entrance road to Montevideo, The exit route is also affected by the “permanent circulation” of trucks.
The authorities are trying to “deplete” the entrance to Montevideo both at Route 5 and Avenida Millán, as well as at Bulevar Artigas and the port Rambla.
By Thursday afternoon, according to Rodríguez, the Montevideo’s exit route is the one with the “greatest complexity.”
“It is a peak time where saturation is surely affecting the majority of Montevideo’s urban plant,” he acknowledged. There is no scheduled end time for the demonstration.
Interior searches trucks
On the other hand, the Home Office earlier identified some 100 trucks who were heading in caravan towards Montevideo.
The demonstration began on Wednesday from northern departments, had a stop in Florida and now it will continue towards the capital. The Truck Police spokesperson said that the contingent of trucks had “a thickening” in what it is “Route 5 and 102”.
The spokesperson defined the movement as “totally peaceful” at a speed “45 to 50 kilometers per hour”. Caminera made a “brief identification” of the vehicles in Florida, he said earlier in a conversation with Underlined from Channel 10.
The demonstration is in demand for the fuel rise and for the new electronic guide for loads that seeks to implement the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works.
“A massive caravan is going to be set up that leaves with people from Rivera, Artigas, among others, who are heading to Montevideo”Tulio Rodríguez, spokesperson for the truckers, explained hours ago in a press conference broadcast by Channel 4 of Tacuarembó.
“We are all heading to the capital in a march with the idea of starting a general strike with all the people of the interior.. Since they are not listening to us here from the interior, we are all going to Montevideo to calm down,” he said.
The person who also spoke to the media was a member of the transport group, Florencia Ramirez. “I and many others we do not agree with the guide coming out; It is not that we accept that it be postponed for so many months or so many years. What does the guide give us? We are the ones who generate work,” he said in reference to the recent agreement between the MTOP and the Inter-union of Professional Cargo Transport (ITPC) for postpone the mandatory electronic waybill.
Demonstration of transporters arrives in Montevideo
Within the framework of the transporters’ protests, on Monday the appearance of a doll hanging from a crane.
On the other hand, the president of the Transportation Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, Juan José Olaizolahe stated concern about truck registration that the Highway Police has been carrying out on national routes. The opposition representative will make a request for reports from the Ministry of the Interior to know the reason for this registrationhow many operations of this type have been carried out from March 1 to date and which hierarch gave the order to carry them out.
Olaizola also wondered if the Ministry of the Interior carries out this type of operations in case of demonstrations that have interrupted access to the port of Montevideo on several occasions and which, according to him, caused significant damage to operations and foreign trade.
