The initiative, for which a private company from Europe proposed an investment of 500 million dollars, is being analyzed by the national government.
He fast train between Montevideo and cannelloni is getting closer to becoming a concrete project. In these weeks, the Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) analyzes the feasibility of the initiative which would imply the investment of 500 million dollars by a European private. “seduces me”, he acknowledged Yamandu Orsi.
The mayor of Canelones expressed that, in the first instance, he is interested in the proposal. “We have received many proposals for metropolitan mobility and they all seem to me to be very good until later when you land you find yourself with difficulties of a material nature,” he said at a press conference this Saturday.
“Public transport is a deficit, we always fall short, “said the department head, who added:” We buy more and more cars because we each decide on our own how to move, the ones we can, and public transport would seem to be relegated. Any proposal in that sense It seduces me, at least in the first instance“.
The hierarch commented, meanwhile, that he awaits the results of the MTOP studies. As planned, the national government will send the proposal to the municipalities of Montevideo, directed by Caroline Cosseand that of canelones.
The main keys to the fast train project between Montevideo and Canelones
The Montevideo-Canelones fast train would go to street level without affecting the crossings. I would tour avenue italy in the Uruguayan capital and would connect the Coast City.
It will be in charge of a private person of European origin and will amount to 500 million dollars. In December they presented the idea to the government. The MTOP is analyzing its feasibility and the project will be formalized in the coming weeks.
If the fast train is approved, the works would begin during the next government, that is, in 2025. However, one of the biggest challenges will be to convince the mayors of Montevideo and Canelones, Cosse and Orsi, both fierce critics of the MTOP management .
The government considers that the execution of a fast train between Montevideo and Canelones could be the initial kick to inaugurate a State policy between the different administrations that solves the transport problem in the metropolitan area.
Source: Ambito
