The Ministry of Transportation and Public Works assured that the operation will be on a Saturday but reinforced.
This Monday’s working holiday will see the operation of suburban transport services at 70%, that is, like a Saturday but with reinforcements of units, from Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) They recommended citizens consult the schedules of each particular company.
“This Monday the 22nd, a working holiday, suburban services will generally operate with a Saturday schedule, with reinforcement on several lines. We recommend consulting in advance with the respective companies,” he said. Joselo Hernandez, coordinator of the MTOP Metropolitan Area.
While suburban transport services will operate at 70% (like Saturdays but with reinforcement of units), the same will happen with urban transport. Montevideo which will work with reduced frequencies. For this, the Municipality of Montevideo enabled the consultation through its website. Meanwhile, services will be normalized starting at midnight on Tuesday.
At what stage is the Tram Train project?
Two weeks ago, the minister of MTOP, José Luis Faleromet with the mayor of Cannelloni Marcelo Metediera, in what was the first meeting between the parties involved in the tram train project that will link Pinewood and Old City, almost a year after its formal announcement.
“What they presented to us right now is what they should have presented last year when they got the private initiative. It only has a very general, very global presentation, as has been known in the press. But it is the starting point, the start, today it is formalized and we are waiting for the Ministry of Transportation define in legal terms whether or not it accepts the private initiative, lifts confidentiality and that allows us to analyze in some greater detail,” Metediera explained at a press conference.
Although deadlines have not yet been set, the work would take at least three years. In any case, Falero clarified days ago that it would not be advisable to start this type of initiative in election year, Therefore, the technical teams work on a project that would remain to be implemented in the next management.
Source: Ambito
