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Quilmes Council Passes Urban and Traffic Overhaul as Police Clash With Parking Attendants

The ordinance sets a public tender that officials say will be transparent and will bring informal attendants into formal jobs.

Overview

  • The Honorable Concejo Deliberante approved the Plan Integral de Ordenamiento Urbano y Vial by a broad cross‑party vote including Peronism, UCR, PRO and part of La Libertad Avanza.
  • The measure reorganizes the municipal paid‑parking system, adds electronic detection of traffic violations and establishes truck weighing controls in central areas.
  • During the session, police dispersed protesting cuidacoches linked to the MTE; videos show confrontations, a woman was detained, and municipal private security secured the building.
  • Juan Grabois and UTEP/MTE denounced the response as repression and called the model a rigged privatization, declaring a state of mobilization.
  • Municipal authorities say implementation will proceed through an open, competitive tender with clauses to formally hire existing attendants with benefits, and the local gastronomy chamber voiced support for nighttime regulation.