HOLIDAYS - ROAD CLOSURES - Caldera Carretera•Highway #27 [aka Pista del Sol] goes ONLY ONE-WAY•Direction during busy Holidays in Costa Rica. Here's the schedule

If you haven't gone to the beach during a Costa Rican holiday and you're planning on doing it - ESPECIALLY during

Easter•Samana Santa and Christmas-New Years•Navidad-Año Nuevo

and you haven't done your MEGA PATIENCE Meditation (or medication), you're in for a "SURPRISE!!!!" (ok - so LOTS of Frustration and DEEP breathing) as you think driving on the roads of Costa Rica on a regular day can be a nightmare . . . IMAGINE THOUSANDS of people wanting to take the faster highway to the beach (it does shave off about 45-60 minutes on a REGULAR day!!) ALL on the normally just 2 lanes in either direction

Caldera Carretera•Highway #27 - aka Pista del Sol!!

(add to that how if there's an accident you MUST stop dead in your tracks & not move an inch till all the PROPER people show up like the Transito Police and your insurance company [and hopefully not an INS ambulance]).

So what they do to help the flow of traffic • traffic jams is turn 2 of the lanes (one direction) so they're ALL going the SAME DIRECTION based on the popular•busiest times. 

WARNING:  EVEN with this - what could normally be a 1 hour drive, could STILL be 2-4 hours so don't bitch to anyone but YOURSELF since YOU'VE CHOSEN to go during THE BUSIEST time!!!  Just bring some Kenny G, do some Meditation exercises before and learn some you can do in the car and things to keep the kids occupied (make sure to bring headsets for each of them if what they have creates noise) and just GO WITH THE FLOW!!

So here's the latest schedule - for the CHRISTMAS - NEW YEARS (Navidad-Año Nuevo) vacation time based on THE BUSIEST DAYS (if you go ANY other day you'll just GET to "go with the flow!!").

WHICH DAYS•TIMES DOES THE

HIGHWAY•RUTA #27•PISTA DEL SOL

HAVE ALL LANES GOING IN ONE-WAY DIRECTION

(heading to/from the beach on the Pacific side which cuts driving to much of Costa Rica down about 45-60 minutes])

WHAT AREAS DOES THIS ONE DIRECTION EFFECT:

Between Orotina and Ciudad Colon
(and reverse depending on the holiday/day of the week it falls on)

DATES:

(they typically do not announce those days till a week before so I'll post it here)

WEST-BOUND

For vacationers heading TO the beach from San Jose - ALL LANES - the WHOLE highway will ONLY be going West-Bound 

on

Saturday & Sunday - December 27 and 28 - from 8am to 12pm/Noon

EAST-BOUND

For vacationers returning FROM the beaches all lanes will be reversed on

SAMANA SANTA:
Saturday

SPEED LIMIT:

During these times, the Speed Limit is SLOWED DOWN to 60 kph•37 mph. 

This is a TOLL ROAD - so plan ahead to have Exact Change as much as possible to help speed your trip up

 (there are some lanes for Exact Change which usually go MUCH faster!!).

For the latest toll charges (as of October 1, 2014) go to:
LivingLifeInCostaRica.blogspot.com/2014/03/AutoPistaDelSolHighway27CR.html

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ALTERNATE ROUTES:
(here's a great Facebook page to get updated on traffic issues:
facebook.com/pages/Ruta-Alterna/149642631716218  •  RutaAlterna.org

Ruta 3
por el Monte del El Aguacate (the old road to Jaco)
OR
Ruta 1
 InterAmericana Norte - por Cambronero
OR
Ruta 239
between Orotina – Turrubares – San Pablo – Puriscal - Ciudad Colón

(for a list of the various highways•carreteras in Costa Rica, check out:
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carreteras_de_Costa_Rica

For ROAD CONDITIONS or ASSISTANCE call:
2-588-4040
Press 1 for recorded Road Conditions

Press 2 for Accidents (or other things)

(SOURCE: Calling the phone # above and facebook.com/GlobalViaRuta27

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BIG TRUCKS!!
BIG TRUCKS (with a registered gross weight of 6+ tons) are NOT allowed on the following highways•carretera's on Sunday, April 5, 2015 from 2-9pm:
Bernardo Soto
#32  -  Braulio Carrillo
#2  -  Florencio del Castillo
#1  -  General Cañas

If they're caught traveling on those highways during those hours, they risk a
51,249-colones fine!!


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 Do NOT NOT NOT be a FRICKEN SELF ABSORBED MORON and drink and drive!!!!!
Sadly, the life you take may NOT be your own!!!!!!!
(accident on Highway #27 coming back from Samana Santa weekend
from the facebook.com/pages/Ruta-Alterna/149642631716218 page)


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