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Published on Wednesday,
March 29,
2023
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The
Traffic Police announced there will
not be a restriction on vehicle plate
numbers in San José City during the
holidays. This year
the eight-day Catholic holiday begins
with Palm Sunday on April 2, which
commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry
into Jerusalem to Sunday, April 9,
which commemorates Jesus’ resurrection
celebrated as Easter Sunday. Due to
Holi Week, the vehicle traffic benefit
will apply from Monday, April 3 to
Friday, April 7, 2023. Additionally,
the vehicle control rule will be
suspended for one extra day, on
Monday, April 10, due to the Juan
Santamaría National Hero Holiday
celebration. During
those days, April from 3 to 10,
drivers with any license plate number
are free to move on any weekday in the
city. According
to the Ministry of Public
Transport, the
rule was paused over traffic reduction
when most of the public employees of
organizations such as ministries,
schools, universities and institutes
among many others will be on
vacation.
President Rodrigo Chaves issued a presidential order to grant vacations to public employees. Following the vacation order, employees of all public organizations will go on break beginning Saturday, April 1 and will return to work on Tuesday, April 11.
For that
reason, it is not necessary to apply
the ban-on-driving rule in the zone
inside the capital city, known as the
Circunvalación Route, which includes
all the streets that are found around
the capital city.
After the holidays, starting on Tuesday, April 11, the vehicle restrictions will apply from Monday through Friday, allowing driving from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and based on the last number of the license plate number:
• Monday: Vehicles banned with plates ending in 1 or 2.
• Tuesday: Vehicles banned with plates ending in 3 or 4.
• Wednesday: Vehicles banned with plates ending in 5 or 6.
• Thursday: Vehicles banned with plates ending in 7 or 8.
• Friday: Vehicles banned with plates ending in 9 or 0.
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