Gustavo Eiffel and Paiva Couceiro Avenues conditioned traffic over the weekend

Gustavo Eiffel and Paiva Couceiro Avenues feature conditioned traffic over the weekend, starting tomorrow, 16th May. Traffic will be conditioned between 2pm and 7pm Saturday and 9am and 7pm Sunday. This traffic constraint also applies to Luis I Bridge and Freixo. 

These traffic restrictions are implemented just as the ones in the Atlantic Avenues, which were welcomed both by pedestrians and drivers.

The measure is put in place to expand pedestrian areas, thus enabling sports activities and visits to public places, all the while practising social distancing. The riverside area between Bridge Luis I and Freixo are popular areas to the aforementioned activities.

The country transitioned from the State of Emergency to the Situation of Calamity, and despite restrictions being lower under this legal framework, everyone has the civic duty to stay home and practice social distancing to fight the current SARS -CoV -2 pandemic.

These restrictions do not apply to residents, public transport, taxis and TVDE, as well as loading and unloading and deliveries. Drivers will have to notice police forces of their place of residence or the reason for travelling.

The fact that conditioned areas are coexistence zones means that speed limit is 20km/hour, according to traffic regulations.

Should this situation be extended in time, residents will be granted credentials or a label, which means faster and easier access to conditioned areas.

The integration of the Riverside areas in this mobility system means that the city's coexistence zones is now 6km.

Like the Atlantic Avenues (avenues of Montevideu, Brasil, Dom Carlos I and Rua do Coronel Raúl Peres), where drivers and pedestrians circulate in accordance with the new road signs (Watch Video), recently produced by the National Authority of Road Security (NARS).

The new road signs include a Residential Zone or Coexistence Zone Sign, which means that the area is shared by cars and people, following specific traffic rules, such as limited speed.