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After two months of public exposure, already closed the deadline for submitting claims to the feasibility study for the extension of Line 1 tram connecting the current leg with Carmen district.

Of all the suggestions received, there are only 47 different content.

So, of all registered claims, 166 ask that this extension is not made until the railways were soterren, 367 requests for improvements to the current transportation system considering extending the tram is unnecessary and a political move and transport Public only be carried out by buses, 315 suggest that this project park because there are other priority areas in the city and 13 allege that the bus must be the backbone transportation system in the municipality.

The Department of Traffic and Transportation has received a total of 912 submissions, of which only 47 are of different content.

Among other arguments are the following:

- Reopening to vehicular traffic if the new bridge is closed to vehicular traffic the Old Bridge.

- Latbus in his argument considers the extension of the tram will the infeasibility of your company and the dismissal of many workers.

Claim plan coordination of public transport.

- The allegation of the District Board of Carmen supports the action and requested the opening to traffic of the Puente Nuevo.

- The allegation of parking Vibelsa considers that the action will involve injury to their lot as a result of declining traffic provided by Gran Vía.

- Many of the arguments opposing approaches transhipment Study and consider that the inhabitants of the districts will be punished for acting.

- The allegation raises USE Latbus that buses are the backbone of the public transport system in the municipality and platforms proliferate reserved bus lanes.

- The allegation of Carmen Merchants Association, supports the action and proposes a circular bridge outside the current New Bridge for traffic heading north.

- The Association of Architects requested an extension of public information.

- An allegation proposed the idea of ​​an elevated walkway over the road from Gran Vía.

- The Association of Biologists shows his support for action, requesting authorization of a new bridge, states that the platform runs through the center of Gran Vía with a parallel bike path leaving only one lane for vehicular traffic and the rest of the space is pedestrian.

- El Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos do something similar to the College of Biologists approach and proposes the complete removal of buses passing by Gran Vía.

Many of the allegations concern over the closure to private vehicle traffic to the Old Bridge that would only reserved for public transport is revealed.

Several of the arguments (Neighborhood Board del Carmen Merchants Association; College of Biologists and Civil Engineers) suggest the desirability of reopening to traffic of New Bridge or Iron.

The editorial team of the Feasibility Study will explore this possibility so that work in combination Bridge Gateway Miguel Caballero and the New Bridge, one for entrance to the neighborhood of vehicular traffic towards the city center and one output so that any detriment to traffic Carmen district regarding the current situation does not occur.

Another group of claims filed criticizes the new transport model advocated in the Mobility Plan and Feasibility Study, oppose extending the tram to El Carmen and believe that you should keep the current model of bus transport and keeping same lines and current itineraries.

So, remember that both the Mobility Plan and Feasibility Study, analyze the shortcomings of the current transport model involving:

- Duplication of transmission lines and misuse of public financial resources.

- Step almost all lines of districts and other municipalities by Gran Vía, with a pitch of a bus per minute with an environmental condition of air and noise pollution unsustainable today.

- Low frequency lines districts and poor service.

- Private transport currently accounts in mechanized travel, 84% versus public transport alone accounts for 16%, far from the figures for other municipalities of similar size to that of Murcia.

The new transport model advocated by both the Mobility Plan as the study for the extension of the tram is a renewal to a new transport model that highlights:

The tram is configured as trunk system of the new model for the high reliability, frequency, environmental benefits and high transport capacity of the medium.

The system comes complete with a vast network of bus routes to all areas of Murcia and districts, but improving service and frequencies.

A substantial reduction of passing vehicles and buses on the roads of downtown arises, and in particular by Gran Vía.

This remarkable environmental improvements will be achieved, with drastic reduction of air and noise pollution by converting the Gran Vía, Alameda de Colón and other public spaces in pleasant ways.

Increased public transport would happen in mechanized travel to 28% compared to 25% of private transport, the remainder being non-mechanized travel.

Implementation of simplified fare structure with a single ticket valid for all modes of transport travel.

Although the public exhibition period is, by law, a month, Councillor for Traffic and Transport, Javier Iniesta, considered more convenient to extend it to two months in order that all who wished to contribute ideas and suggestions may do.

Now the UTE that wrote the feasibility study, TRN Mecsa is analyzing all the arguments to address them and include those that are technically feasible for the project.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia