Paseo del Bajo: they have passed the first truck test

The first truck test in the
The Paseo del Bajo has been successfully completed and is ready for inauguration in mid-May, announced today the Government of Buenos Aires.

Yesterday, we checked the response of the track to the traffic and patent reading system 'Autopistas sin Barreras', with trucks leaving at 3 pm to go from north to south and 19 from south to north, they said this afternoon Ministry of Urban Development and Transportation of Buenos Aires.

"The Paseo del Bajo is a project that is expected to last 50 years and will allow the city to cross from north to south in 10 minutes, 45", said Franco Moccia, portfolio manager.

The new 7.1-kilometer road corridor, which connects Bajo Porteño from north to south, will have 4 truck and long-distance bus lanes (2 per direction) that will cross the semi-covered trench in 10 minutes.

In this way, it will connect to the north the Illia highway, the port and the Retiro bus station, to the south the 25 de Mayo highways and the Buenos Aires-La Plata highways.

The maximum speed will be 60 km / h and will have the system "Autopistas sin Barreras", that is to say that it will not be necessary to stop at the posts toll, but the collection will be done with the automatic detection of patents.

There will be vehicle crossings between downtown and Puerto Madero on the streets of the United States, Independencia, Belgrano Avenue, Moreno, Perón, Corrientes Avenue. , Lavalle, Viamonte and Córdoba Avenue.

More than 135,000 people will benefit every day from truck drivers, bus pbadengers and motorists, they badured the Buenos Aires government.

The works required an investment of $ 672 million, which was funded with the City Treasury, the Ministry of Transportation of the Nation and the loan from the Latin American Development Bank (CAF).

Telam Agency