The Devimar concession (Concessionaria Desarrollo Vial al Mar SAS) reported that the passage through the way Sea 1 was restored during the followingnoon of this Saturdayfollowing a citizen protest generated serious congestion.
From the first hours of the day, according to what was captured in citizen videos and photographs, the demonstration had interrupted the flow of vehicles through that important corridor of the national order, which connects Medellín with the western subregions and Urabá in Antioquia.
The demonstration took place in the village of Mestizal, in the municipality of San Jerónimo, at reference point height 29+700as that private operator had specified.
Colonel Fabio Enrique Sierra, commander of the Traffic and Transportation Section of the Antioquia Police, specified that the lines of vehicles in both directions They exceeded a kilometer in length during the morning of this Saturday.
At that time of the day, both the Police and the concession, warned that the protesters were allowing the passage in intervals of 15 minutes. However, the recommendation for travelers was not to rule out taking alternate routes, such as the road between Bolombolo and Santa Fe de Antioquia o to old road to the seathrough the Boquerón sector.
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“Right now the protesters are allowing intermittent passage. We have units from the Transit and Transportation Section handling traffic and talking to the community,” Colonel Sierra said at the time, indicating that the group of protesters It was made up of approximately 40 people.according to preliminary figures.
As it was known, the citizen claims would be related to the poor condition of several tertiary roads of San Jerónimo, for which the protesters requested a space for consultation with the mayor’s office.