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Last updateFri, 17 Jul 2015 4pm
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Downtown disruption persists

Motorists and pedestrians have been plunged into even greater confusion in the heart of Guadalajara’s city center as work gathers pace on the third line of the Tren Ligero (subway). 

The latest inconvenience is the closure of a busy three-block stretch of Avenida Alcalde, between Hidalgo and Juarez, to one side of the Cathedral and facing the Government Palace. Vehicles are being diverted on to side streets, and extra traffic police employed. The closure is expected to continue until December 1.  Meanwhile, merchants on Avenida Alcalde and other city center streets are petitioning the state government for compensation due to the drop in business they say they have suffered while the construction work has advanced.