After several weeks of increased traffic congestion on the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo highway caused by maintenance work on the road, transporters in the area traveled to Mexico City to speak directly with a group of senators who listened to their requests and provided a solution, at least for now, to the problem posed by the works .
The commission of transporters headed by Héctor Hinojosa, delegate of the National Chamber of Cargo Transportation (Canacar) in Nuevo Laredo, was attended by the senator for the state of Chihuahua, Juan Carlos Loera De La Rosa, after the various meetings that took place between representatives of the Association of Cargo Transporters (ATC) , Caintra , the Association of Customs Agents of Nuevo Laredo (AAADNL) , among other organizations, to make a common front and reach a resolution.
The strategy outlined to speed up both exports and imports was the creation of two lanes in both directions , which doubles the traffic capacity and therefore significantly reduces travel times, Hinojosa said.
“This type of construction has been going on for about two years, and that is what is worrying, but nothing was really done until we saw a real crisis in transfer times. As transporters, we got used to the long lines that sometimes forced us to spend up to six hours in traffic, a situation that was already unsustainable, especially because of the delivery windows that we had to meet and were not being met,” explained Juan Carlos Varela, director of the Transport Division in Palos Garza, in an interview.
The recent dialogue between representatives of the freight transport industry and the group of senators opens up the possibility of replicating this type of exercise to inaugurate a new stage of communication with the authorities, so that the genuine demands of the sector are met without resorting to extreme measures, as has been seen in the center of the country, with blockades or taking over toll booths.
” This exercise will help us in future critical situations to have a joint reaction between the agencies and the authorities, because this is a team effort,” said Varela.
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