Construction companies are advancing with the studies of the Train Tram project, which would link Montevideo with Canelones.
The tram train that would link the town of El Pinar (Canelones) with Old City (Montevideo) Construction would begin in 2025, according to the construction companies, which are advancing with the studies of the project, which they titled “Tram Train.”
The consortium of the three construction companies Saceem, Stadler and Stiler have already presented a pre-feasibility study to Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) with which the government portfolio agreed, however, they suggested carrying out other new studies on the subject.
Milton Torres, from the Stiller company, said this Wednesday at a press conference that “the idea is that the layout of the line coexists with the existing traffic,” and that on Avenida Italia “the natural thing would be for it to go through the central flower bed.” “These final definitions will arise from the meetings held with the Municipality of Montevideo and with the Municipality of cannelloni“We are thinking about 26 stops in total from El Pinar to Ciudad Vieja,” he said.
For its part, Alejandro Ruibaldirector of Saceem, added that “this type of system has priority, it stops at stops, but then it does not stop at traffic lights, what stops is the rest” and that for this reason “all traffic must be rearranged to the priority of the public transport, which is the one that should have priority”.
The tram train would mobilize between 80,000 and 100,000 users
“This system becomes trunk-fed and not atomized, that is, the buses leave from 18 de Julio and capture the passage in shorter circuits around the stations,” he added. Ruibalwho understands that the tram would mobilize between 80,000 and 100,000 users and would reduce travel time by between 30% and 40%, depending on the final design.
“There are a few months to continue working, but the important thing is that there is a clear direction,” said the engineer. “It is the largest urban project of the next 20 years in Montevideothat’s why we have to attack it once and for all,” he asserted.
Source: Ambito
