Overview

• The city detailed a new regime for hazardous loads that sets a 30 km/h cap and confines these vehicles to designated routes and hours.
• Volume limits bar units over 40,000 liters from circulating in the capital, prohibit secondary-road access for loads above 10,000 liters, and restrict vehicles over 20,000 liters to 10 p.m.–5 a.m.
• Enforcement will tighten with doubled fines, mobile speed radars at the five main highway entries, and random compliance checkpoints.
• Federal energy and transport ministries are slated to issue a complementary national regulation on hazardous shipments on Thursday.
• The prosecutor’s office reported no potholes or mechanical failures and closed valves at impact, citing initial indications of excessive speed; peritaje results are expected next week as the city prepares a second solidarity payment for victims.