A project known as “Topics” raised by the Association of Engineers and Architects (CFIA) proposes paying attention to some specific points of infrastructure, with small changes or interventions that can help reduce the problem of traffic jams.
Olman Vargas, executive director of the CFIA, explained that this proposal was already submitted to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), and now the deputy minister of Infrastructure, Giselle Alfaro, is looking for the budget to bring it to life.
Topics is a study that we made based on other documents from organizations such as LANAMME or the Chamber of Construction. We compiled a previous study with data collected by the Ministry for nearly 20 years, determining a number of bottleneck places or places with obstacles that cause a less fluid traffic, but that could be improved with relatively small investment and simple measures such moving a lightpost, expanding a lane or placing the right signal,”
said Vargas.
The director commented that the report contains 34 points that should be intervened. Although it is difficult to estimate how much would these specific improvements help to reduce traffic, he assured that without a doubt the short-term effects will be positive.
Last week, Abel Castro, president of the CFIA, indicated that in less than a month they would submit a proposal for the construction of a subway in the Great Metropolitan Area (GAM) as an alternative to deal with traffic jams.