Deputy Samuel Lanao, Director functions (and), with Jair Quintero, Secretary of Housing and Environment, on behalf of Mayor of Riohacha; and group of participants of the day.

 

By: Communications Equipment

Over 400 people toured the 6 scheduled kilometers, for the launch of the “I move by bike” campaign, a strategy designed by the Regional Autonomous Corporation of La Guajira, to encourage the use of bicycles as an alternative means of transportation in the department.

 

In this sense, The positive impact of this initiative is already being evaluated, generated in the city, to present to the authorities of the different municipalities, a proposal that motivates the guajiros to use this means of transportation and thus contribute to reducing levels of environmental pollution.

 

One of the conclusions from the representatives of the entities that joined the campaign, is that Riohacha needs the construction of new spaces such as cycle paths, with an infrastructure of exclusive lanes for bicycle circulation, as well as the creation of spaces that promote healthy living.

 

The execution of this strategy is framed within the activities that were programmed to celebrate two important dates within the ecological calendar: World Environmental Education Day and World Day of Action against Global Warming, celebrated the days 26 and 28 of January respectively.

 

For the organization of this activity, There was the decisive support of the District Mayor's Office of Riohacha, National Police, National Army, Inside, Red Cross, Civil defense, University of La Guajira, the aqueduct company ASSA and the sports companies Nina Kite and Trocheros Club.

 

Recall that the use of bicycles in addition to the health benefits, also allows the decongestion of streets, decreases visual pollution, hearing and does not emit greenhouse gases that contribute to air pollution and global warming that produces a vehicle.