For this Sunday, April 17, the well-known return plan was activated in Bogotá, after the culmination of Holy Week, which seeks that the millions of families who left their places of origin to enjoy the first vacation season of the year, can return safely to their homes.
Given this scenario, the Bogotá Mobility Secretariat estimated that more than 600,000 vehicles will enter the Colombian capital during the day. In addition, he pointed out that the most congested entrance will be that of the South Highway.
The entity, likewise, made a series of recommendations for travelers entering and leaving the city, asking them to move with caution, respect the traffic regulations, have the complete road kit and have the technical-mechanical revision up to date.
“There will be more than 1,000 uniformed personnel in the main road corridors entering and exiting the city and more than 30 fixed checkpoints, as well as five mobiles that carry out surveillance and control tasks,” he specified.
“We invite all travelers who must enter Bogotá at the end of the Easter weekend, to plan their trip taking into account the peak and regional plate of Easter Sunday. We recommend an early return to the city to avoid road congestion,” said the official.
Minute by minute:
6:25 p. m. The corridors with the highest vehicular flow per hour are: North Highway, Vía al Llano and Calle 80.
6:19 p. m. High vehicular flow in the Soacha-Bogotá direction.
6: 16 p. m. The return plan advances in the nine road corridors of entry to Bogotá that expect the entry of more than 200 thousand vehicles.
5: 30 p. m. High vehicular capacity in the north-south direction, on the North Highway.
5:19 p. m. Without setbacks and with optimal mobility conditions, the return plan on Calle 80 advances.
4:27 p. m. High vehicular flow on the South Highway.
4:24 p. m. High traffic capacity without relevant developments on Calle 13.
4:21 p. m. Until 8 pm they allow the entry of vehicles with plates ending in an odd number.
3:50 p. m. They report normality in the corridor of Centenario Avenue (13th Street) entering the city.
3: 40 p. m. Accident between a car and a bus on Avenida Boyacá with diagonal 62 South, south-north direction.
3:00 p. m. The reversible is activated by the seventh race for the return to the city, and will go until 8:30 pm
2:12 p. m. Mobility Bogotá reports low vehicular flow and good mobility conditions in both directions of the Av. Suba-Cota corridor.
This is what happened in the morning:
6:00 a.m. During the return plan 568,970 vehicles entered the country’s capital, according to the capital’s Ministry of Mobility.
7:05 a. m. The National Institute of Roads recalled that this Sunday there will be a counterflow on the Bogotá-La Vega-Guaduas road km 2+000 (Icoltrans sector) to km 0+000 (Guadua Bridge) from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. p.m
8:22 a. m. The chief of staff of the Government, Luis Ernesto Gómez, recalled that the seventh avenue will be reversible from 245th street and 180th street, between 2:30 pm and 8 pm
9:02 a. m. The Ministry of Mobility announced that this Sunday the reversible of the seventh race between 245th Street and 180th Street will be implemented, from 2:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
10:35 a. m. The director of Traffic and Transportation of the Police, Juan Alberto Libreros, said in dialogue with Caracol Radio that “15% (of cars) more were mobilized compared to Easter the previous year.”
12:00 m. The Secretary of Mobility, Felipe Ramírez, and the Major General of the Traffic and Transportation Directorate, Juan Alberto Libreros, flew over the main entrance corridors of Bogotá this Sunday, evidencing optimal vehicular flow in the morning hours.
Secretary Ramírez recalled the implementation of the regional peak and plate measurement for today: 12 m. at 4 pm only vehicles whose license plates end in an even number can enter Bogotá; and from 4 pm to 8 pm vehicles with odd license plates.
Similarly, the reversible of the seventh race will be implemented, leaving the two lanes enabled only for entering the city, from 245th Street to 180th Street, between 2:30 pm and 8 pm