Residents of kilometers 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the Las Américas Highway demanded that the Ministry of Public Works resume the rehabilitation work of the bridges pedestrian areas that are in an advanced state of deterioration.
For about eight months now, people have been banned from the site due to the deteriorating conditions. New Jersey walls have been placed at each entrance to keep people from crossing.
Obstacles were also placed on the elevated part, but they were later removed, so people continue to use them despite the risk they run. Part of the structures are deteriorated, with the rods sticking out due to the effect of the saltpeter.
Reynaldo Suárez, works at kilometer 12, sector The Friars II where there are some pedestrian crossings and he says that people used to risk crossing under the highway, but now they do it on the bridge.
“People have to cross the avenue. They came months ago, packed up and left. People have to cross the avenue or go up the bridge. They don’t solve the problem,” he said.
Meanwhile, Antonio Urbáez, an employee of a business near the kilometer 10 site where the other bridge is located, said that when the wall on Avenida 27 de Febrero and Máximo Gómez fell in November 2023, the authorities suspended the passage of people through the pedestrian area to supposedly give it maintenance, but nothing has been done.
For those residents bridges They save lives because many people cross the Las Americas Highway to go to work or school and risk their lives when crossing the road with vehicles at high speed. In addition to the danger What does it represent for the pedestrians the deterioration of the bridgesalso for road users.
Bridge over the Horse Riding Centre
Another important bridge over Las Américas is the one on Avenida Hípica. Since November 2023, the Ministry of Public Works has suspended vehicular traffic to subject the infrastructure to maintenance.
Some of the columns were damaged, but the Malespin Group construction company has been working on their rehabilitation for months. The work includes the construction of a saltpeter protection wall and the consolidation of their bases.
Authorities have not announced when this project, which will facilitate vehicular access from the east to the city centre and in an easterly direction, will be completed.
