What is the proposal revealed by Jorge Macri?

The head of the Buenos Aires City Government revealed that in his recent tour of Asia he raised the possibility of revolutionizing AMBA transit

05/12/2025 – 7:26 pm

he Traffic in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area It has become one of the most complex challenges of public administration. Access routes, both in and out of Buenos Aires, have become saturated, and the concept of “rush hour” has become obsolete in more ways than one: The major arteries remain congested For most of the day. A clear example of this reality General Baz Streetwhich represents the border between the Federal Capital and the Province of Buenos Aires and is a constant thermometer for Complexity of vehicles in the area.

Given this panoramic photo, the Prime Minister of Buenos Aires, Jorge MacriHe revealed that the city administration is studying a A future and ambitious infrastructure project To decompress traffic: Construction of a monorail on General Baz Road. The proposal was presented by his government, including Infrastructure Minister Pablo Perisiarto, to private investors during a recent official tour of Asian cities such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, with the aim of obtaining external financing.

The project seeks to take advantage of the existing road infrastructure to provide an alternative to mass public transportation that extends along the 24 kilometers of General Paz, from Nunez to the Riachuelo area. The initiative is designed to complement rather than replace existing pathways, but instead proposes a three-tier solution.

Jorge Macri revealed that he has begun work on the possible construction of a monorail in Graal. Buzz

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The central axis of the monorail project is based on a multimodal strategy that seeks to discourage the use of private cars to enter the city. As Jorge Macri explained, the idea is to take advantage of the physical effect of the motorway and install new infrastructure: “Since we have the physical effect of the motorway, the idea is to create a monorail there and parking lots at the bottom that will allow people to arrive by car, take the monorail and then use another type of public transport,” he said in an interview with the Economía de Quincho streaming channel.

This proposal consists of three levels:

• Elevated monorail: Installing elevated tracks and trains on General Paz’s existing layout, providing fast, safe transportation free of the chaos of low-lying vehicles.
• Parking transfer: Create large parking areas in the immediate vicinity, especially on the Buenos Aires province side, to enable users to leave their cars.
• Network connection: The monorail will serve as a transportation corridor, connecting users to other modes of public transportation within the city of Buenos Aires, thus encouraging the use of the bus, subway or future metrobus.

The ultimate goal is clear: to alleviate congestion on General Paz, which no longer suffers from a limited schedule, and to greatly encourage the use of public transportation, by offering an agile and efficient alternative to the flow of more than half a million people who commute daily through this artery.

Beyond the Monorail General Paz: The Plan with Sarmiento’s Burial

In the same interview, the Prime Minister of Buenos Aires revealed that his administration is also analyzing a proposal to benefit from part of a million-dollar infrastructure project that is incomplete and paralyzed: Sarmiento train burial. The work, which involved a historic investment, left an unused tunnel in a key section.

The Buenos Aires government is considering the possibility of not continuing the costly burial operation, but rather shifting the work to a trench in the Caballito neighborhood. This solution would avoid the high cost of building new underground stations. The idea has been submitted to the national government and, if approved, would enable the construction of a green rooftop corridor, as well as the installation of metrobuses along the route. The reconversion of the Sarmiento project is seen as a more efficient and economical solution to free up urban space and improve public transportation in the west of the city.