NewsWhore
06-16-2009, 03:30 PM
Through traffic that uses the Estrella Sadhala Avenue in Santiago is practically at a standstill with repairs going slowly on the section of the pavement that collapsed over the weekend. The huge hole has caused the entire segment between Av. Argentina Avenue and Av Duarte to be funneled down to one lane to get through the repair site, with few alternative routes available.
The Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (CORAASAN) has deployed heavy equipment on site and work goes on from early in the morning until late at night.
Engineers from Coraasan are diverting the drainage pipe that caused the problem into other pipes. According to the engineers, "What happened here had nothing to do with the elevated section of the avenue. It was due to the failure of a sewer line that became saturated by the rains."
Initial witnesses said that the avenue caved in after several heavy semi-tractor trailers passed over the area, in violation of the ban on heavy vehicles using the route.
DR1 advises readers traveling to or through Santiago to use the river road known as the Circumvalacion, which bypasses the city center.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)
The Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (CORAASAN) has deployed heavy equipment on site and work goes on from early in the morning until late at night.
Engineers from Coraasan are diverting the drainage pipe that caused the problem into other pipes. According to the engineers, "What happened here had nothing to do with the elevated section of the avenue. It was due to the failure of a sewer line that became saturated by the rains."
Initial witnesses said that the avenue caved in after several heavy semi-tractor trailers passed over the area, in violation of the ban on heavy vehicles using the route.
DR1 advises readers traveling to or through Santiago to use the river road known as the Circumvalacion, which bypasses the city center.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)