{"id":505786,"date":"2026-04-25T18:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/monorail-works-cause-new-floods-on-las-carreras-avenue-in-santiago\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T18:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:17:14","slug":"monorail-works-cause-new-floods-on-las-carreras-avenue-in-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/monorail-works-cause-new-floods-on-las-carreras-avenue-in-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"Monorail works cause new floods on Las Carreras Avenue in Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santiago.-<\/strong> The intense rains recorded on the afternoon of this Saturday again caused severe flooding on Las Carreras Avenue and surrounding areas, a situation that residents and drivers attribute to the construction work of the Santiago Monorail.\n\nThe overflow of rainwater also affected 27 de Febrero Avenue and Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Benedicto Street, near the Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cabral y B\u00e1ez Hospital, where even some areas of the health center were impacted.\n\nVehicle traffic collapsed at several points and at least some vehicles were partially flooded.\n\nThis is the second time that significant flooding has been reported in the area, linked to the execution of the mass transit project. According to community members&#8217; complaints, during the construction, several drainage systems had become obstructed, which worsens the management of water during periods of rain.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/enlaces\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"491852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heavy rains cause flooding and traffic chaos in Santiago<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nDrivers and residents expressed their discomfort by pointing out that they have had to look for alternative routes to avoid damage to their vehicles and major setbacks.\n\nCriticism was also directed at the authorities responsible for the project, considering that they have not corrected in time the failures in the drainage system affected by the construction.\n\nSo far, no human damage has been reported, although those affected insist that the situation repeats itself every time heavy rains are recorded in the city.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago.- The intense rains recorded on the afternoon of this Saturday again caused severe flooding on Las Carreras Avenue and surrounding areas, a situation that residents and drivers attribute to the construction work of the Santiago Monorail. The overflow of rainwater also affected 27 de Febrero Avenue and Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Benedicto Street, near the Jos\u00e9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-27zQ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Ana Laura L\u00f3pez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-29-at-1.45.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}