Even with a pandemic, more than 200 thousand vehicles descend on the coast of SP and the number exceeds the 2019 holiday | Santos and Region

According to Ecovias, the concessionaire that manages the section, some 200,200 vehicles went down the Serra do Mar between 12:00 a.m. M. From Friday (4) and 9:00 a.m. M. From Sunday, to take advantage of the holiday of September 7. Even amid the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s figures exceed those of 2019, when about 187,000 vehicles descended on the coast of São Paulo on the same holiday.

This Sunday morning, the Imigrantes and Anchieta highways registered up to eight kilometers of congestion due to excess vehicles. Normal operation (5×5) is in effect. Drivers also faced heavy traffic on the Mogi-Bertioga Highway, heading Bertioga, and on the Padre Manoel da Nóbrega Highway, heading Peruíbe.

The number of vehicles is already close to that of last weekend, when they got out more than 202 thousand vehicles for Baixada Santista, between Friday (28) and Sunday (30). At that time, there were records of crowds on the beaches and lack of use of protective masks, which worried the authorities. So to avoid crowding the beaches, at least 400 policemen were dispatched to the region.

The increased flexibility for beach activities, even in the midst of the pandemic, has increasingly motivated tourists to go to cities on the coast of São Paulo. Thousands of people took advantage of the prolonged festival and filled the beaches of Santos this Saturday (5). The strip of sand was full, with people without protective masks and favoring the crowd.

The Report witnessed tourists and residents walking along the seashore, practicing physical activities and children playing on the sand strip. This Sunday, there is a predominance of sun in Baixada Santista, temperatures rise and there is no forecast of rain. Good weather conditions should attract even more people to the beaches.