The increase was defined by the MTOP and decreed by President Luis Lacalle Pou, and will be fully implemented starting tomorrow.
The values of suburban and interdepartmental ticket in Uruguay They will begin the week with adjustments, after the modification defined by the Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP)whose details were embodied in a decree signed by the president Luis Lacalle Pou, dated August 29.
The increase includes the salary negotiations of the sector and thus includes the nominal increase in 2.8% agreed in view of projected inflation within the collective agreement. Likewise, the adjustment could already be noticed in the interdepartmental ticket as of yesterday, with rise of 3.2%, on average. Meanwhile, the ticket for the suburban lines will be affected by the change in its value starting tomorrow, and it will cost a 6.5% morealso on average.
What are the new values?
With the adjustments defined by the MTOP and decreed by President Lacalle Pou, the suburban ticket of up to 8 kilometers increased from 48 to 51 pesos; for 16 kilometers from 55 to 59 pesos, while the 24-kilometer one rose from 67 to 71 pesos.
Likewise, the 28-kilometer ticket rose from 71 to 76 pesos, and the ticket up to 36 kilometers had an increase from 76 to 81 pesos.
For its part, the 44-kilometer ticket increased from 84 to 90 pesos, while that of up to 52 km rose from 103 to 110 pesos. The one up to 60 km went from 113 to 120 pesos.
Fuels, another increase that has been in force since yesterday
According to forecasts, based on international indices, the Executive power announced an increase in the value of fuels that will be formalized as of this Friday in the Uruguaybut that does not affect the price of the supergas.
He Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay (MIEM) published a statement specifying the details of the increase in each type of fuel, where it assured that “the maximum price for sale to the public of naphtha super 95 will be 74.39 pesos per liter (it was 71.16), while the maximum price of Diesel 50S It will be 55.99 pesos at the pump (it was 52.82)”. For its part, the price of supergas will remain unchanged.
Source: Ambito
