Opposite visions between the municipality of Santiago and the Government of the Metropolitan Region have emerged around the security situation in the Pedestrian Walk of Calle Banderaafter Monday’s day a shooting was recorded in the low level that crosses the Alameda, an episode that left two people injured.
In the place, two antisocials that mobilized in scooters and premunids with firearms, performed nearby 20 shots, covered under the darkness of the Night.
Before this criminal episode, the mayor of Santiago, Mario overflowshe expressed his support for a situational diagnosis of the Ministry of Transportation, which would point to the aforementioned route again to be one of the main axes to connect the north and south areas of the capital with the city center.
“What we are promoting with the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Interior and the Municipality is the evaluation of resuming that axis as a Public Transportation Axis. We want that life to gain life, ”he said.
Among the suggested measures, the community chief said to be in favor of “making a mixture” with the idea that was raised in the Alameda Eje project, such as recovering the boulevard and underground commercial space, in addition to requesting the Night closure both of this pedestrian route and in other steps low level, such as that of Lira street.
“The low level steps are fundamental for the connectivity of the region, but obviously They are crime spotlights If they are careless and today they are careless, ”he added.
In addition to this, he stated that streets like Augustine and currency are also semi -statonal.
“This is a much broader issue than only flag street, but trade is mostly asking us to resume the connection axis role and that, of course, allows them to return to this important street to this street,” he complemented.
-However, this idea is opposed to the vision of the governor of the Metropolitan Region, Claudio Orregowho is inclined to maintain this exclusive artery for pedestrian use.
Given this position, overflows argued that “flag is the only underground axis from passing down to the Alameda that allows permanent public transport, the Normal public transport flow. Lira and Santa Lucia, which are the other two steps low level, are not designed for public transport. Only flag has this particular characteristic. ”
“I do not agree with him and the Ministry of Transportation does not agree with him. We are many who think differently and his position is legitimate,” he concluded.
Orrego’s plans
The situation for the metropolitan governor does not go to modify the use of the street, but to allocate a greater investment so that “it is still well used by citizenship.”
“We have a designed project, which has already been in charge, studies were financed, it is ready. It is a low -level passage closure during the nights, which has a trade below, which is enlightened, which is clean and has maintenance. That is a way to protect a public space for people,” said Orrego.
In this sense, he attributed that the abandonment of the sector causes the “Enfament”(Sic), and ergo, the increase in crime.
“I call on the authorities that They can help us carry out this projectbecause the truth is that we have the designs, we have the will and I am sure that the Regional Council will approve the resources to finance them with our money. A low level pass, which has no trade, which has no way, that has no lighting, is a cave of thieves, ”he said.
“We have to convince the authorities Municipal and the Ministry of Transportation that this is a specific, financing and short -term path, which we can do so to improve the safety of the sector, ”he said.
