This Monday, January 24, the bus drivers from Ternera and Olaya met at the Glorieta de El Pozón to protest. This is in response to the judicial resolution that forced the Administrative Department of Traffic and Transportation (DATT) to take actions that prevent the circulation of these routes.
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Roberto Batista, leader of drivers on both routes, reiterated that agreements have not yet been reached, despite what the District says.
The leader pointed out that the protests that will take place this Monday will be more intense than those on Friday. The drivers left Villagrande de Indias in about 80 vehicles in a “turtle plan” heading to the Historic Center.
Protest
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11:55 a. m. Protesters block Pedro de Heredia avenue, in both directions.
11:50 a. m. Police explain to protesters why they blocked their way. One of them alleges: “On Friday they did the same to us. Clear up, we are going to continue in the dialogue. What happened? When we cleared up they left the table, they left us seated”.
11:44 a. m. The Police cross a van in the mixed lane of Pedro de Heredia Avenue, at the height of the Jaime Morón football stadium, to prevent the passage of protesters.
This is the panorama behind the barrier of the authorities.
11:30 a. m. While driving near the Paseo de La Castellana shopping center towards the Historic Center, the driver Germán Lora stated: “They want to take us out (from the tracks) without warning. This is our means of work and our family depends on us. We have four days that we do not take sustenance to the house because they took us out from one day to the next, without notifying us.
He added that he completes “15 years working on buses.”
11:15 a. m. The buses involved in the protest move like a turtle towards the Historic Center, generating traffic congestion as they go.
11:00 a. m. The protesters decide to suspend the blockades in the El Amparo Pump for one hour, while the talks with the District advance. If there is no agreement within that period, the blockades will be resumed.
10:00 a. m. The protest reaches the Bomba El Amparo. One of the drivers reiterates the reasons for the mobilization.
at 9:18 a.m. The groups of protesters advance in a turtle plan at the height of Homecenter San Fernando and “La Ye” de Olaya. A woman expresses The universal why do you support them?
Transcaribe announces that there are delays on routes A105, A114, A117, X103, X104 and X106.
at 8:36 a.m. The demonstrators began to mobilize towards the Bomba El Amparo.
7:55 a.m. La Cordialidad road does not admit passage due to the blockade.
7: 44 a.m. Transcaribe announces delays in the operation of routes A101, A102 and X101.
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at 7:40 a.m. Leader Roberto Batista Miranda, who represents the drivers, told The universal that if the District does not resolve “we are going on indefinite strike”.
According to Batista, the demand to remove them is made by Transcaribe and the District, therefore the latter must give them an immediate solution.
“Either they let us work or they scrap our cars and compensate us.” In addition, he added that the latest proposal from the Mayor’s Office on the transfer of drivers to another route, which he assures: “one more car does not fit.”
No meeting has been scheduled for today, but the drivers demand that Mayor William Dau be the one to approach them to negotiate with them.
at 7:15 a.m. Blockades and protests began in the Glorieta de El Pozón, heading towards the Bomba de El Amparo.
At 7:05 am Transcaribe announced that by blockages at the El Pozón roundabout, there are delays in the operation of routes A114 and A117.
From the 6 a.m. The drivers of the Cartagena buses began to meet, but it was at the 7 in the morning when the protests that today generate difficulty in the traffic of Cartagena began.