The government of São Paulo launched yesterday (22) Operation New Year’s Eve and Summer 2022 with the objective of reinforcing service, monitoring and inspection on São Paulo highways. The operation runs until March 6th.
For the end of the year, from December 21st to January 3rd, in Operation New Year’s Eve, the forecast is that more than 5 million vehicles will pass through the four main road corridors that connect the capital to the municipalities in the interior and coast of São Paulo, regulated by the Agency Transport Regulator of the State of São Paulo (Artesp). For the highways managed by the Department of Highways (DER) the forecast is that 2.8 million vehicles will pass.
According to Artesp, the guideline to avoid traffic jams is that drivers avoid peak hours.
For Christmas week, traffic should be heavy on Friday (24), from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm, on Saturday (25), from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, and Monday (27), from 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
In the week of the New Year, the biggest movement of vehicles should be on Thursday (30), from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, and on Friday (31), from 9:00 am to noon.
Returning to the capital on Sunday (2), the expectation is heavy traffic from 11 am to 10 pm. Drivers can also plan using highway traffic information, available on the concessionaires’ websites. In addition, messages with guidelines will be displayed on electronic panels (PMVs) distributed by the network granted.
“The highways are expected to be quite busy during this period of end-of-the-year festivities, however, we are already prepared to meet the high demand and offer all the conditions for safer and more comfortable travel, and if there is a need for assistance quickly, the teams will be ready to offer it”, stated the director-general of Artesp. Milton Personal.
In addition to the operational and inspection reinforcements, the state highways will have the use of drones, which will allow field teams a better response time and decision-making, as well as inspection cameras, which supply the operational centers 24 hours a day, and 551 traffic sensors. The highways administered by the DER and those granted, under the supervision of Artesp, have operational resources such as tow trucks, inspection vehicles and ambulances.
Movement
For the Christmas period, from December 21st to December 27th, it is expected that 580 thousand vehicles will pass through the Castello-Raposo System. In the Anhanguera-Bandeirantes System, 698 thousand vehicles must circulate. At Ayrton Senna – Carvalho Pinto, 815,000 vehicles are expected (in both directions). In the Anchieta-Imigrantes System (SAI), the concessionaire that manages the stretch expects 474 thousand vehicles to travel towards the coast.
In the new year, from December 28th to January 3rd, the expectation of vehicles in the Castello-Raposo System is 510 thousand vehicles. In the Anhanguera-Bandeirantes System, 602 thousand vehicles should circulate. At Ayrton Senna – Carvalho Pinto, 776,000 vehicles are expected (in both directions). In the Anchieta-Imigrantes System (SAI), the expectation is that 648,000 vehicles will travel towards the coast.
Anchieta-Imigrants
In the Anchieta-Imigrantes System, the movement of vehicles at Christmas should increase on Friday afternoon (24), when the implementation of Operation 7X3 Descent is scheduled, and from 4:00 pm to 3:00 am on Saturday (25). The same scheme should be implemented again in the SAI on Saturday morning (25), from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, and on Sunday (26), from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. The return should be intensified at the end of the afternoon of Sunday (26), the day on which the 2X8 Subida Operation is scheduled to be implemented, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
According to the information, this scheme should also be set up on Monday (27), from 11:00 am to 3:00 am on Tuesday (28). In the New Year, the descent operation begins on Tuesday (28), with a flow of vehicles from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. The biggest movement of cars is scheduled for Thursday (30) from 8 am to midnight and on Friday (31) throughout the day. On the way back, the forecast is for traffic in the late afternoon of Saturday (1) from 17:00, when the 2×8 Uphill Operation will be implemented.
Reference: CNN Brasil
