Campuses surrounded by works delayed

Tram works and interventions to improve roads in several parts of the city preoccupy managers and parents, especially in institutions that are surrounded by works that are still running.

This is the case, for example, the educational unit San Luis Beltran or school Octavio Cordero, where the first activity of the school year will be a meeting of authorities with parents family to find solutions to the inconvenience caused by works tram in the area.

In other parts of the city, as in the Catholic American Lyceum, located on Avenue of the Americas, where there are jobs tram, or school City of Cuenca, located one block from the works of the Ordonez Lasso, authorities they have requested a greater presence of traffic police.

discomfort

The rector of the educational unit San Luis Beltran Dominican Alejandro Piscocama indicates that the concern of parents is widespread.

The campus is surrounded by the tram works. Access by car is impossible two-block radius, interim steps to cross the road are in poor condition and reducing the level of the sidewalk to the only platform left the front door about 80 feet above the sidewalk.

To allow access of teachers harrow wood does not cover the entire gate was built. The campus rector said he has requested an extension of the stands and tram workers from this week working on it.

The problems take them off guard, since according to the work schedule of the Municipality intersections entrance to the back of the campus should have been delivered on 15 August deadline was not met. "We trust the word of the municipality and therefore not planned this for the start of classes", Piscocama said.

Tram Project reported that climatic factors and the failure of one of the contractors caused the delay. It added that work continues and will be delivered this year.

Something similar happens in school Octavio Cordero, attended by 1,500 students. The head of Human Talent institution, Rosa Coello, who heads the contingency plan, said that between Monday and Wednesday of next week will dictate a talk to parents to prevent accidents by works.

According to Coello, the approach of the educational institution is that each of the parents drop off and pick up their children at the door of the institution to prevent students suffer accidents or victims of crime, which, according to the official, has increased in the area.

  Contingency

Alfredo Aguilar, manager of Enterprise Mobility, Traffic and Transportation, OCSMs said that for operational organized for the return to classes the main roads of the city as well as the sections where works are developed tram monitored.

He explained that these operations will feature 395 civilian traffic agents who will visit the educational establishments affected by the works running in the city.

A par 20 patrol cars, 12 motorcycles, bicycles and cranes will support agents during peak hours, this is from 06:00 to 07:30, 12:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20 : 00. (JPM) (I)

Source: http://www.eltiempo.com.ec/noticias-cuenca/190508-planteles-cercados-por-obras-retrasadas/