Coronavirus: despite the infections and deaths, there are no more vehicle controls at the accesses to Capital

Barbara Villar

10/26/2020 12:06

• Clarín.com

• Zonal

Updated 10/26/2020 12:06 PM

Discouraging the movement of people in the AMBA was the

 government's

to prevent the spread of the

during the mandatory quarantine.

The vehicle controls were the fundamental tool to achieve the objective.

However,

after the start of the confinement, with more than almost 30 thousand deaths and a million infections throughout the country (more than half belonging to the City and the GBA),

to the Federal Capital.

The roads to access the Buenos Aires area are

in total.

Of this number,

.

However, most of them - where it was already common to see fences to prevent the passage of vehicles or police officers that forced a long line of cars to form -

And although more and more operatives are getting up, the truth is that the first ones who stopped controlling did so -at least- 35 days ago.

 toured the main crossroads to confirm it.

The list.

The accesses with controls and those blocked in the framework of the mandatory quarantine.

"At the

The national government lifted them a long time ago and there was only one of the city that was also removed several weeks ago", they say about the accesses in the South zone .

They also add: "Along the Ricchieri Highway and at the Dellepiane Toll, where they used to be during the first months, the same thing happened. From one day to the next they stopped settling."

In the

, the main ways to get to the City are Maipú Avenue (Cabildo, on the Buenos Aires side) and Libertador Avenue.

Both with strict controls from March to August where they began to reduce the intensity until they were

.

"

not stopped

. Later I began to see that the police were stopped, but they did not stop any cars. Suddenly, they disappeared," says Ezequiel Sánchez, a textile seller who circulates through the north access with permission to do deliveries.

In Vicente López.

The pass to Capital from Avenida Libertador, without police control.

And, although the Municipality of Vicente López assures that they still work in General Paz and Libertador, he adds: "In the main avenues

. I pass almost every day in the area and there are none. I do notice that sometimes a city patrol returns to the height of Puente Saavedra, on the San Isidro Labrador boulevard, but without stopping anyone. "

In this sense, it should be noted that the operatives that controlled the passage of vehicles in the unifications of each GBA district were withdrawn earlier than those mentioned now.

In the northern communes

) these verifications are no longer carried out since the beginning of July.

The intersection at

 are other points where there are no longer any vehicle controls.

In the latter, they lasted longer than in those previously named.

On the other hand, a driver who makes deliveries for a company from the West in the Capital, passes by the Highway 25 de Mayo daily and affirms that the permits are not verified there either. 

There

are no controls at the

as well as at the junctions with General Paz.

However, from the municipalities of the area they affirm that inside each party the operations continue and they did not stop intensifying over the months.

Until mid-June - when, according to residents of each GBA area, vehicle control began to relax - the number of cars hijacked for not having the driving license was almost 4,000.

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