Bogotá-Choachí Highway and Circunvalar Avenue: work continues due to landslides – Bogotá

Following the heavy rains that were recorded, especially towards the sector of the eastern hillsthere were mass movements, which affected some stretches of road.

At present, work continues on the Bogotá-Choachí highway from kilometer 1.5 to kilometer 6.

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This is how 6 events have occurred on the Bogotá-Choachí highway, 5 of which have already been the subject of an intervention. In turn, on Avenida Circunvalar with Calle 17, there has also been an incident that affected the road corridor. In none of these events was there an attack on the integrity of citizens.

Today, the relevant actions will continue to restore mobility on these two points and the service will be activated as long as there are no risk conditions for citizens. IDIGER under the coordination of the District Risk Management System it will continue to be vigilant in the face of any event that may occur in the city.

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The entity says that it thanks the inhabitants of the capital for the reports they make through their social networks and the 123 line, because with this information it has allowed them to act quickly and effectively when these situations arise. “With the citizen reports our operation has grown, and with these conditions we can respond more quickly and with greater force to the events that arise, we exalt this citizen work and invite us to work as a team to overcome this winter season that we let’s go through again” affirmed the Director of IDIGER Guillermo Escobar Castro.

Forecast for today

Dry weather is expected in the morning with a partly cloudy sky, in the afternoon some sectorized rains are not excluded in the center-east and south of the city.
IDIGER invites citizens to take extreme security measures, to inform themselves through social networks of the entities that belong to the District Risk and Climate Change Management System and also to consult andl Bogotá Alert System (SAB) forecasts and weather status at https://www.sire.gov.co/web/sab

BOGOTÁ STAFF WITH INFORMATION FROM IDIGER