In 2025, four years after Progreso’s traditional boardwalk became pedestrian-only, that busy tourist area will reopen to vehicles.
As is known, since November 2021, the traditional boardwalk, the most visited area of Progreso, has been officially closed to cars and motorized vehicles in general.
The measure shocked the people of Progreso, who were anxiously awaiting its reopening after it was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After a few years after it became a pedestrian zone, the traditional Progreso boardwalk will reopen to vehicles.
As the pandemic subsided and public places opened, the surprise was great when, by instruction of the then mayor Julián Zacarías Curi, vehicles were permanently prohibited from passing through that road.
It should be noted that the area was closed before the pandemic arrived due to renovation works.
Since then the site has become pedestrian and now only vehicles belonging to security elements and floats pass through on Carnival days.
This left a bad taste in the mouths of many residents since for many years it was customary for locals and visitors to travel along the boardwalk in their cars.
Now the mayor of Progreso, Erik Rihani González, assured that next year the boardwalk will reopen to vehicles.
Interviewed on the ground floor of the Municipal Palace, he assured that the possibility of an orderly opening with a lot of responsibility is being analyzed.
During the beginning of the following year, access tests will be carried out to verify the necessary conditions for the logistics of reopening.
He assured me that it is very likely that the opening will be during the next Easter holiday period, during the month of April.
“We are working on making improvements to the regulations of public space, in this case on the boardwalk, and strengthening it with infrastructure that ranges from signage, correct planning, and security through the Police to ensure that traffic is not a detriment.”
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