New traffic lights that do not work generate dozens of accidents in Bosa

Inhabitants of brazil bosa, In the south of Bogotáthey already use the section built for months Avenue Guayacanes which allows an alternative exit to those who once took the Avenue in the city of Cali. According to the mayor’s office, There are approximately 1.5 million citizens who have benefited from these infrastructure works, but all has not been rosy.

At the intersection of the Guayacanes Avenue with 54th Street there is a traffic light which, although installed by the contractor in charge of the road, does not work, which is why it has become a source of accidents, so much so that it has been called “corner of death”

Several neighborhood security cameras in this area at Boss of Brazil They captured the fateful episodes during which various road actors suffer accidents due to the absence of a functional traffic light.

The inhabitants of the area assure that many are unaware that the traffic light does not work, which generates constant accidents of cars, motorcycles and cyclists.

But this would not be the only point of this new road where accidents occur due to their lack of exploitation. For example, Óscar Giraldo, trader in the areanoted in citytv what “There are no traffic lights, they put them up and left them luxurious, because they are covered with plastic bags and without having them, two or three accidents occur daily and there have been serious injuries”.

According to the answers given by the District, the inhabitants of the district stress that the deadline for the contractor to complete all the details of Guayacanes Avenue would be in the month of March 2023, which would include the commissioning of traffic lights in the area.

Guayacanes Avenue has a length of 12.2 km divided into five sections, with 3 mixed traffic lanes in each direction.

In addition, it will have more than 353,000 square meters of public space, a 12-kilometer bicycle path, two pedestrian bridges and vehicular bridges at the intersections of Ciudad de Cali and Boyacá avenues.

Two sections of Avenida Guayacanes have already been delivered: one on Alsacia Avenue from the 71B cross-section to Constitución Avenue and Constitución Avenue between Alsacia Avenue and Centenario Avenue, and the another on Bosa Avenue, between Ciudad de Cali Avenue and El Tintal Avenue.

The Bogotá Mayor’s Office announced a new road closure at Molinos stationsouth of the country’s capital.

This change in mobility adds to the many works that are being carried out in much of Bogotá, in the midst of an administrative strategy for traffic to improve in a few years.

According to information provided by the District Mobility Secretariat, this road closure is due to works with which an extension of the Caracas trocal will be built. But in addition, interventions that are part of complementary works of the city will be carried out.

For this reason there will be a road closure at the intersection between Avenida Caracas and Carrera Septima, this will last approximately four months according to the district administration.

“In order to continue the construction of section 1 of the extension of the Caracas trunk and complementary works in the city of Bogotá, the District Mobility Secretariat (SDM) has authorized the closure for the dismantling of the pedestrian bridge and the construction of the access ramp to Molinos station on the south side at Av. Caracas (Calle 51 Sur) with Carrera 7″, recently reported the office of the mayor of Bogotá.