The City Hall, through CET-Rio, CCPAR and the Department of Conservation, informs that starting Thursday (14/11) road changes will be made in the port region to enable a new alternative connection between Avenida Professor Pereira Reis and Avenida Rodrigues Alves. With this, vehicles located in Santo Cristo will have easier access to the Marcello Alencar Tunnel and consequently the South Zone, reducing travel time and improving the fluidity conditions of Avenida Binário do Porto and Rua Equador.
The proposal included the following actions:
• Road opening from Avenida Professor Pereira Reis to Avenida Rodrigues Alves, side lane, direction Via B4;
• Installation of two sets of traffic lights at the intersection of Avenida Professor Pereira Reis x Avenida Rodrigues Alves, side lane;
• Opening of the junction between the side and central lanes of Avenida Rodrigues Alves, at the height of Rua Santo Cristo;
• Review of the vertical and horizontal graphic signage of the affected region;
• Closure of the existing junction between the side and central lanes of Avenida Rodrigues Alves, at the height of Via B4.
In this way, vehicles currently traveling along Avenida Professor Pereira Reis or coming from Avenida Oscar Niemeyer will now be allowed to continue towards Avenida Rodrigues Alves without passing through Avenida Francisco Bicalho and Rodoviária do Rio, shortening the route by approximately 3,4 km, with an average reduction of approximately 13 minutes in the journey to the South Zone.
The changes are scheduled for next Thursday (14/11), after the completion of the works to install the traffic lights and completion of the signaling services.
Agents from GM-Rio and CET-Rio will be on site monitoring the changes and guiding drivers.
