Traveling along kilometer 9 of the Duarte highway at night becomes dangerous due to the darkness that prevails in the area.
The dark section begins at the end of the Núñez de Cáceres elevated road in a south-north direction and extends to the first pedestrian bridge in that direction on the Duarte highway.
As the evening advances and the vehicular flow decreases, the darkness in the place intensifies, becoming even more dangerous to Travel and for passengers to wait for public transportation.
This area, intervened for expansion purposes by the Ministry of Public Works, lacks lampsand the situation is aggravated due to the presence of New Jersey walls and barrels of road safety without retroreflective tapes either signaling luminous.
This represents a risksince the darkness, together the environmental conditions could cause accidents with these traffic control devices.
On a tour of the site, a team of Free Diary found that the lack of lighting It affects both drivers and pedestrians.
Ángel Mateo, a driver on the Los Alcarrizos route, mentioned that the darkness has facilitated assaults to passengers. “That’s a no man’s land, passengers cross every so often saying that they were robbed (assaulted),” said Mateo, who has been working on the route for more than a decade.
Pedro Figuereo, a taxi driver in the area, indicated that he had previously lamps on the sides, but they were removed with the beginning of the construction of the new lanes.
Failures on the roads
According to Figuereo, there is a wall left in the area that has caused accidents to drivers who impact without realizing it, which has caused them damage in their vehicles.
“It drivers They don’t realize that wall It is there, they fall into it and their vehicle is damaged. There have even been several cases in which they have had to request a tow truck to take the car away,” said Figuereo.
Extension
In the kilometer 9 area, the Ministry of Public Works is carrying out expansion work to 14 lanes. In mid-September, it delivered, although not complete, the first stage in order to reduce traffic jams.
