📋 Tender Overview
Due to the interference on Tuesday, May 21, transport authorities and Carabineros announced the contingency plan that will be applied to facilitate and control the safe exit of thousands of vehicles in the capital.
The Undersecretary of Public Works, José Andrés Herrera, stressed that for the return to the capital a significant entry of vehicles is expected for Sunday and Tuesday afternoon, with figures of between 71,000 and 78,000 vehicles per day.
"We want to invite all the people who are going to take this interfered as a long weekend to plan their trip, to worry about safety and consider that from today, Friday until Tuesday 21, more than 411,000 vehicles will leave Santiago. These are going to be concentrated especially today, Friday afternoon with more than 108,000 and tomorrow Saturday morning, with more than 116,000 vehicles leaving," said Undersecretary Herrera.
For her part, the executive secretary of Conaset, Luz Infante, called for self-care and respect for traffic rules: "The increase in vehicular flow puts us in a state of alert and leads us to remember the importance of taking care of ourselves and others. Although we have observed a reduction in road accidents and mortality compared to 2023 with 2022, and even this year, we must be even more alert and remember the incompatibility of driving and using the cell phone; Let us remember that speed kills. Driving requires our full attention. They are small decisions that change one's own life and that of others."
Meanwhile, the executive secretary of the Inspection Program of the Ministry of Transport, Oscar Carrasco, said that intercity and rural buses are being inspected from Thursday until next Tuesday: "There are 2,500 controls mainly in bus terminals in Santiago, regional capitals and also in provincial capitals. We are also inspecting taxis and vehicles that carry out informal transport outside the bus terminals."
Contingency plan at Santiago Airport due to interference
In the case of Santiago Airport, projections indicate that between Friday, May 17 and Tuesday, May 21, 382,711 people will travel.
"At the Santiago Airport, during these days we will have 25% more passengers, those who will travel mainly on domestic flights, to destinations such as the cities of Antofagasta, Calama, Puerto Montt. In the case of those passengers who travel abroad, they will have Buenos Aires, Lima and Sao Paulo as their main destinations," said Undersecretary José Andrés Herrera.
During these days, the services operating at the airport (DGAC, SAG, Customs, PDI and airlines) will reinforce their staff and available technologies. In addition, there will be about 5 thousand parking spaces available. There will also be a reinforcement of the security controls of the DGAC and AVSEC, in national and international boarding.
To facilitate travel, the authorities reinforced the call to show up in advance on each flight (2-3 hours domestic and 3-4 hours international) and to have all the required documentation.
