Traffic Police Urge Returning
Vacationers To Seek Out Alternate Routes
Although the Semana Santa vacation ends
tomorrow, for many today Saturday is the day
they start heading home in anticipation of
the massive traffic congestion that is
traditional each year.
And for that the Policía de Tránsito
(traffic police) are urging drivers to take
alternate routes where they can, and to
travel at off peak hours.
The major congestion is expected on traffic
returning to San José from Guanacaste and
Puntarenas (Jacó and Quepos).
Subdirector de la Policía de Tránsito,
Huanelge Gutiérrez, suggests that drivers
don't forget that in addition to the new San
José - Caldera highway, there is the
Desmonte from Atenas to Alajuela (the old
road to Jacó also known as the Aguacate) and
the Cambronero (Ruta 1 or Interamericana
that goes by San Ramón).
Gutiérrez said that drivers should look for
alternative routes depending on where they
are coming from and going to.
The Policía de Tránsito will also be out in
full force today and until Monday, as many
people will wait out the weekend traffic if
the can, with spot checks and patrols to
control speeding, reckless and drunk
driving.
Gutiérrez added that some of the lanes will
be open to reverse traffic, like the lanes
from the Manolos to the airport where
traffic will only move in the San José
direction, to ease congestion. As in the
past, the westbound lanes will be closed off
for periods, westbound traffic being
detoured through Alajuela.
The reserve lane police could also go into
effect on the new Caldera highway.
In addition, and as usual, trucks will be
prohibited on the main highways on Sunday
between 2pm and 9pm.
And although the numbers are in and won't be
available until Monday or Tuesday, the
Policía de Tránsito reports an important
decrease on the number of road fatalities
this Semana Santa, due to strict enforcement
and the new Ley de Tránsito that went into
effect on March 1, 2010.
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