The area surrounding Nilton Santos will have road closures for Botafogo vs. Grêmio on Wednesday (September 16).

CET-Rio will implement a traffic operation this Wednesday (September 16th) for the match between Botafogo and Grêmio, for the Brazilian Championship. The match takes place at 7:30 pm at the Nilton Santos Stadium, in Engenho de Dentro. From 4:30 pm onwards, there will be traffic restrictions in the area.

The operation will involve CET-Rio agents, traffic support personnel, operational vehicles, and motorcycles. The personnel will work on road safety, traffic flow, and keeping intersections clear, as well as providing guidance to pedestrians, fans, and drivers.

Technicians from CET-Rio, located at the Operations and Resilience Center (COR-Rio), will monitor all traffic using cameras. If necessary, adjustments will be made to the traffic light programming to ensure good road conditions.

Prohibitions

From 16:30pm to 23:30am:
* Dr. Padilha Street, between Arquias Cordeiro Street and Oficinas Street.

From 21:23 pm to 30:XNUMX pm:
* Dr. Padilha Street, between Piauí Street and Oficinas Street;
– José dos Reis Street between Oficinas Street and Bento Gonçalves Street;
– Abolition Street, between Afonso Ferreira Street and José dos Reis Street;
– Afonso Ferreira Street, in the direction of José dos Reis Street, between Benício de Abreu Street and Abolição Street.

Access to the Yellow Line, towards Avenida Brasil.

From 16:30 am to 23:30 am:
Access to the Yellow Line, in the direction of Avenida Brasil/Fundão, can be done via Rua das Oficinas, from the intersection with Rua José dos Reis, under the Jornalista Armando Nogueira viaduct.

Residents of the surrounding area

Access for vehicles belonging to residents living near the stadium will be granted upon presentation of proof of residence.

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