Ouch! Critics Name the 5 Ugliest Monuments in Mérida
Mérida’s historic center is filled with landmarks. But public artwork can be a matter of bad taste. Check out the 5 Ugliest Monuments in Mérida.
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Here’s how to plant a tree in Mérida
For trees to grow healthy and not pose a danger to properties or citizens, one must consider Mérida’s infrastructure.
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Sex workers in Mérida score a legal victory
Yucatán court rules that sanctions against sex workers are unconstitutional.
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‘Intelligent’ traffic lights designed to reduce time spent on roads
Over 1,100 traffic lights will by synchronized with “cutting-edge technology” to ease traffic congestion in Mérida, state and city officials said. In addition, 2,646 pedestrian/cyclist lights will also be installed at 307 intersections to guide people crossing roads on foot or on two wheels. Cameras and Doppler radar will deliver information to a state-police control…
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45 miles of new bicycle lanes planned throughout Merida by March
Bike lanes will be carved into 72 kilometers / 45 miles of Merida’s streets, the Yucatan state government announced. The plans have been long-awaited by advocates of two-wheel transportation. Construction will begin in November and the lanes will be completed in March, according to the announcement. The coronavirus crisis accelerated the plan, state officials said….
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Pedestrian streets to displace buses, cars in Merida’s historic center
Wider pedestrian paths and rerouted buses with fewer stops are two key elements of an “Urban Mobility Improvement Plan” that begins Sunday, Sept. 13 in the historic center. The mobility plan had been promised along with a raft of new regulations meant to propel Yucatan past the coronavirus crisis. The crowded Centro Histórico’s narrow sidewalks…
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Sex workers defended by activists after police make arrests downtown
The Yucatan Human Rights Commission of the State of Yucatán, or Codhey, complained to the Merida police after numerous sex workers were arrested downtown. Codhey president Miguel Sabido Santana said he filed a grievance because the human rights of sex workers were at risk. When the rights agency first learned of the arrests in July,…
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1 water leak becomes 2 as Japay repairs aging pipes beneath Calle 64
Merida, Yucatan — Utility workers set out to repair a broken 60-year-old, 36-inch water main under Calle 64 near 59 in the Centro, but quickly found a second pipe that also needed to be sealed. The second leak was coming from a 4-inch pipe that was exposed by Japay, the water utility, when the street…
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Controversial highway over Progreso may have to shift 2 blocks west
Progreso, Yucatan — An elevated highway linking the industrial port and the Merida highway has failed to win over property owners it would displace. The “second floor” concept was proposed and flopped in the 1980s when residents on Calle 82 refused to sell properties that were in the highway’s path. But bottlenecks today are even worse, and…
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Part of Calle 59 to be re-named for Nobel laureate from Mexico
Within the framework of the 17th Nobel Peace Prize Summit in Yucatan, the City Council of Mérida will name a section of Calle 59 for Mexico’s only Nobel laureate. The street, from Avenida Itzáes to Calle 90, will be named in honor of Alfonso García Robles, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. García…
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Proposed: Turn Calle 47 into a pedestrian-only zone
Another proposal to turn a busy Centro street into a pedestrian path has been floated, this one linking to a possible Mayan Train station.
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Beer truck overturns to avoid hitting accident victim
Merida, Yucatan — A delivery truck filled with cases of beer overturned Monday after avoiding hitting the victim of another accident. The driver swerved to avoid hitting an injured accident victim lying in the street, reported Sipse. The victim apparently was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Cases of beer that spilled on Calle 108 at…
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Ground swallows street in Garcia Gineres
A huge sinkhole formed Tuesday morning on Calle 28 between 29 and 31 in Col. Garcia Gineres.
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Grasping Mexico’s beautiful and bewildering street art
These are images that I could never imagine to find in the Netherlands, let alone in Dutch restaurants.
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Mototaxi accidents prompt review of safety laws
A series of road accidents involving mototaxis has led to a review of safety measures.
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Traffic doesn’t take a holiday in Merida’s Centro
Merida, Yucatan — Driving in the Centro is tricky almost any day. When the holidays come, it’s even worse. Now in the middle of the holiday season, the Historic Center’s narrow lanes and sidewalks have loads of public events, street vendors and eager tourists. What it doesn’t have loads of is space for walking, driving…
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Christmas ornaments start to appear on city streets
Some 2,000 Christmas decorations have started to appear on city streets, and city workers have their work cut out for them.
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Street closures announced for Wednesday’s Paseo de las Ánimas
Wednesday’s Paseo de las Ánimas, which in recent years attracted tens of thousands of participants, requires several road closures hours before the procession begins.
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221 new storm drains to combat street flooding
Addressing chronic street flooding, the city is paying two private contractors a combined 600,000 pesos for 221 new storm drains and eight reservoirs.
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Academics optimistic that Mérida’s Centro’s problems can be solved
Ideas abound to make the Centro safe and more livable.
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Flooded streets, fallen trees and a long blackout follow heavy rainfall
Flooded streets, stranded cars, fallen trees and a prolonged blackout in the Centro resulted from torrential rain accompanied by hail Tuesday afternoon.
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Lane closures at Periférico and Merida-Progreso highway expected to cause traffic delays
A new phase in the misery at the Progreso highway interchange.
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Warning to Mérida’s bump-out builders gets teeth
The city’s warning against sidewalk-hogging homeowners will be easier to enforce.
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Centro ‘rescue’ project heads north, with larger budget for more properties
The second stage of the current effort to restore facades in the Centro Histórico is a quarter-way done, said the city’s director of urban development, Aref Karam Espósitos.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now