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Mexico City Warns of Heavy Traffic Saturday as SSC Flags 13 Mobilizations and Major Concerts

Drivers should plan alternate routes with detours set around City Deportiva, Palacio de los Deportes plus the Zócalo.

Overview

  • SSC CDMX’s agenda for February 14 lists at least 13 concentrations across the capital with potential blockades in Cuauhtémoc and Iztapalapa.
  • Protests include Base Trabajadora del Poder Judicial at Diagonal 20 de Noviembre 275 at 09:00, Colectivo Las Tonantzin at Dr. Lavista 114 at 10:30, and Somos Ellas with No Más Presos Inocentes at Reclusorio Oriente at 13:00.
  • My Chemical Romance at Estadio GNP Seguros at 21:00 expects about 70,000 attendees and El Malilla at Palacio de los Deportes at 20:00 expects about 22,500, with expected impacts on Viaducto Río de la Piedad, Eje 3 Oriente and Circuito Interior.
  • The city also scheduled the Jardín del Amor event at the Zócalo with intermittent closures, plus the Feria de la Alegría y el Olivo in Tláhuac and the Santa Martha Acatitla carnival in Iztapalapa affecting local roads.
  • Authorities advise alternate routes including Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, Eje 4 Sur, Av. Plutarco Elías Calles, Canal Río Churubusco, Eje 4 Oriente and Av. Té, and note evening skate and cycling rides between 20:00 and 21:00 from Reforma, Parque México, Villa de Guadalupe and the Alameda Central.