As Istanbul grapples with the looming risk of a possible high-magnitude earthquake, the native authorities, along with the federal government’s initiatives, are taking steps to boost preparedness within the face of the potential tremors consultants had typically warned of by springing into motion and initiating initiatives to make town “earthquake resilient.”
In line with this, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) lately introduced that Galata Bridge – town’s iconic bridge connecting Karaköy and Eminönü, which additionally has a tram line passing throughout it – will bear upkeep works within the two phases, each set to final 20 days.
Within the scope of the repairs, the primary section has already been set in movement, with Karaköy-Eminönü site visitors on the bridge suspended over the weekend.
This preliminary stage of upkeep is slated to final for roughly 20 days. In the following section, the other route might be sealed off, and commuters might be rerouted via various paths to make sure unobstructed site visitors circulate.
The graduation of the upkeep and restore works that have been scheduled to begin on Aug. 13, has, nonetheless, inadvertently triggered site visitors congestion and a cascade of lengthy car traces within the neighborhood, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported Sunday.
On the opposite aspect, there was no disruption in vehicular and pedestrian site visitors in the wrong way towards Karaköy, whereas the tram line stays operational in each instructions.
Driver Hakan Kesik famous that they’ve been negatively affected by the site visitors arising from upkeep work and stated: “Wishing everyone well. This was a route I used very often. We will be impacted by the traffic. I just noticed the warning signs. May God help everyone.”
Taxi driver Bilal Ergun defined that the site visitors will negatively affect taxi drivers and stated: “Traffic will affect us quite a bit. We are stuck in traffic day and night. Now the traffic will be more congested; but in the end, it will be better.”
“They closed this place today, we didn’t know. We took a detour, this is a disgrace. We will endure this traffic for another 20 days,” one other driver Erol Şanlıer stated.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
