Córdoba and Santa Fe reinforce controls to protect the circulation of 5,000 trucks daily

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In a meeting held at the provincial Civic Center, authorities from Córdoba and Santa Fe exchanged information and agreed on coordinated actions to implement the “Safe Harvest” operation on Córdoba routes.

The initiative seeks to guarantee the safe transit of grains to the port terminals of the neighboring province. In the next two months, it is expected that daily about 17 thousand grain trucks will arrive at the ports of Rosario transporting the 2024 harvest, among which about five thousand will cross the different routes in Cordoba.

At the meeting, the Minister of Justice and Labor, Julián López, highlighted the actions articulated with the Security and Bioagroindustry portfolios.

“We are working in an oiled way and we think it is important to do it interrelatedly. “Everyone has their perspective and makes a fundamental contribution, as do the union, union and security sectors,” he stated.

In addition, López expressed the willingness of the provincial government to “make itself available” to work and guarantee safe transit on Córdoba’s routes. He also highlighted the importance of “having channels where problems that arise can be made viable. If there is a problem on the route, an accident, an infraction or a more serious problem, there has to be a quick solution.”

Authorities from the Ministries of Justice and Labor participated in the working group; of Security and Bioagroindustry of the Province.

Authorities from the Highway Police, the Provincial Road Safety Agency of Santa Fe, representatives of collectors, transporters, Fecotac, Cedac and the Truckers Union also attended.

Reinforcement of controls

For the next 60 days, Córdoba will reinforce the usual en-route controls by the Highway Police, drivers will be asked for all the documentation that qualifies them to circulate, especially the Waybill, which must include the space assigned by the terminal. essential information to enter the port.

Logistics provides for daily communication between provincial authorities, collectors, transporters and port terminals, since inconveniences may arise along the way that require rescheduling of origin departures, imponderable such as a downspout in the river that prevents ships from loading that day, or other news that may arise.

One of its main objectives of the “Safe Harvest” program is to guarantee the normal transfer of grains from the fields to the final destination, avoiding road accidents, theft, damage to transporters and congestion, by being able to verify the documentation in an agile manner and prevent Long lines of trucks form on the side of the road prior to entering the ports.

Miguel Rizzotti, General Director of Traffic Accident Prevention, reported that the Province has been working for a month on the coordination of security actions for the operation.

“The idea, among other details, is to coordinate actions and information for transporters. How they should travel, the documentation, the ordering of public roads, establishing parking places, how to address security problems and coordinate with the port authorities the daily number of assigned spaces,” the official explained.

Joint work

Córdoba, together with Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Chaco, Entre Ríos and Corrientes, works to extend controls, provide technical and infrastructure support to transporters and support cereal exports, vital for the country’s economy.

Therefore, coordination between local authorities, affected communities and transportation chambers is key.

Among other authorities, the meeting was accompanied by the Secretary of Citizen Coexistence, Silvio Quiroga; the Secretary of Security of the Province, Lito Bevilacqua; the Secretary of Agriculture, Marcos Blanda and the Interjurisdictional Coordinator of the Provincial Road Safety Agency of Santa Fe, Mauro Bertorino.