Q COSTARICA — As part of the national celebration of the Día de Trabajo or Día Internacional de los Trabajadores(Labor Day), the Policía de Transito (Traffic Police)announced the suspension of vehicle restrictions in San José for Friday, May 1.
The same will be applied on May 8, the day of the swearing-in of the new president, Laura Fernandez.
While this Friday is a national holiday, on Friday, May 8, only public sector employees will have the day off work, including elementary and high schools will be closed, thus significantly reducing traffic.
“The vehicle restriction measure that is usually applied on weekdays is unnecessary on these two dates and, instead, allows the Policia de Transito to focus on regulating traffic around the May 1st marches and in the vicinity of the Legislative Assembly, due to the change of representatives and the legislative leadership in the case of May 1st,” explained Martín Sánchez Agüero, director of the Policia de Transito.
Furthermore, it is expected that some people will take advantage of the break from work to leave the Central Valley and travel to the coasts and mountains. Therefore, some personnel will need to be reassigned to roadside assistance rather than the capital.