Conditioned traffic in Porto Atlantic Avenues on weekends

The Municipality of Porto will make access by car to Atlantic boulevards Montevideu, Brasil, Dom Carlos I and Rua do Coronel Raúl Peres conditional. This measure will be implemented starting tomorrow, 9th May, between 2pm and 7pm Saturday, and between 9am and 7pm Sunday. 

The abovementioned avenues are places with enormous concentration of passengers and accompanying vehicles, so the Municipality of Porto restricting these areas to car access
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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.

The abovementioned avenues are places with enormous concentration of passengers and accompanying vehicles, so to increase the possibilities of social distancing and to enlarge pedestrian areas to traffic lanes only during the above stated periods, vehicle access to these areas will be conditioned.

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.