Workers had a hard time getting to and from their jobs even though 15,000 leaflets explaining the trial run were distributed.
On Saturday morning beginning at 5:00 am city officials rerouted traffic in a trial run to see if they could lessen projected traffic problems during Semana Santa’s heaviest traffic days of Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Under the trial all four lanes of Ave. Camarón Sabalo from Valentino’s to Av. La Marina Mazatlán was restricted to northbound vehicles only. The four lanes of Av. La Marina Mazatlán to the intersection with Av. Dr. Carlos Canseco was limited to eastbound traffic only; and Av. Dr. Carlos Canseco to the cross street of Av. Rafael Buelna permitted only southbound traffic.
By early morning motorists, shopkeepers, and residents were complaining. Some residents affected by the rerouting said they could leave their homes, but it was almost impossible to return. Shopkeepers said they lost customers, as it was just too difficult for their customers to get to their places of business.
Traffic police acknowledged that traffic was backed up in places like Rafael Buelna, as motorists inched their way along the heavily congested street.
Social networks lit up Saturday with complaints about the rerouting of traffic.
On Sunday mayor Carlos Eduardo González Felton said, “When a change is made in the city’s roads it is presumed you will have some confusion, but as a government you should take some risks for the benefit of society. Although we had comments about the trial run more were positive than negative.”
The mayor added that the result of the trial run will have to be evaluated to determine if problems that surfaced could be fixed, if the proposed change will benefit the city, and if major problems could not be fixed, then the alternative routing would be left for another time.
Luis Gurrola, Secretary of the Association of Hotels and Tourism Companies of Mazatlán, said the strategy was good, but too many people were not aware of change before it was implemented. He said, “Workers had a hard time getting to and from their jobs and there was confusion among tourists; even though 15,000 leaflets explaining the trial run were distributed.”
(from Noroeste)
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