is a work that only favors automobile travel, show representatives of the people on the Advisory Council on non-motorized mobility in the city of Guadalajara. Posted in the Public
June 18, 2010
Guadalajara .- The five civilian agencies that make up the Advisory Council on non-motorized mobility Guadalajara City Council expressed their opposition to the draft quota Express Viaduct, which promotes the state government.
Groups that oppose the construction of elevated viaduct of 23 kilometers along the avenue England are City for All, Center for Applied Infotectura AC (Quote), Gdl en Bici, Move for your City and Jalisco Ecological Collective (CEJ).
Among the arguments that said the activists point out that this is a work that promotes the use of private cars to the detriment of public transport and bicycle transport and transfers on foot, in addition to that oppose concessions to employers who who would charge tolls to users.
The statement was made on the first working session of that body, held at the Museo Raúl Anguiano, on Wednesday, between 18:00 and 21:00 hours.
Mobility Advisory Council includes five non-motorized society organizations civil and municipal authorities, including the Commission of Urban Planning (Coplaur), the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Ecology and Planning Coordination. As an outside consultant is the Institute for Development Policy and Transport (ITDP).
Felipe Reyes, a member of City for All, said the groups asked the Guadalajara city officials define its stance on the expressway, after the mayor of Guadalajara, Aristotle Sandoval Díaz, endorsed the project and then put conditions.
Expressway Project in England Avenue. Charging for the use another downside: NGOs Photo: Public
"The owner of Planning, José Luis Cuellar, explain what the situation and exposed some positions that seemed more reasonable, especially around the expressway it appeared the council fully supported it, and what we are saying is that this will not happen: it left us alone, "said Felipe Reyes.
The five civil society organizations threatened to break with the advisory council for nearly six months of the current administration, the current City Administration has not taken into account for the activists, whose work on the council is voluntary, but has legal purposes.
Now, it was agreed that there will be workshops to develop the municipal development plan, starting next week, where it aims to integrate the Master Plan non-motorized mobility in the metropolitan area.
turn, Mario Silva Rodríguez, representative of the ECJ, said that during the session "groups express our total rejection, as well as the municipality of [Guadalajara] has argued his refusal to Macrobus, without any technical background, we were surprised give a qualified yes to the expressway, which is shown not going to give any environmental benefit to the city. " Key
The project expressway is a continuous flow path, share, four-lane, two per side, 23 km long cross
allow the city in fourteen minutes, it is contemplated that the rate of incorporation be 80 km / h in the path of 90 km / h
The cost is estimated at 6.500 billion dollars, private investment, which would be a concession to 30 years and the term becomes state property
Ignacio Pérez Vega
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