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The Platform Citizens for Public Transportation today announced publicly its claims tram extension project.
A project that is far from being a priority at this time of serious economic difficulties and also serve to solve the problems of public transport in the city of Murcia.
The Platform points out that the current line cost the council more than 11 million euros a year and circulating half empty.
And according to calculations that handles Councilman Iniesta, "the tram to the Barrio del Carmen require an investment of between 45.6 and 58 million euros".
Something totally unaffordable to hypothecate the municipality with a new grant of 5 million euros a year.
For the Platform "transportation needs of Barrio del Carmen and the districts can be covered better, with lower cost and lower impact with a good bus service."
It considers that the implementation of the tram and high cost has had its impact on the Shuttle, especially linking the city with the districts.
Gone lines, services have declined by one third, has laid off hundreds of workers and triggered the ticket price to € 1.85.
This citizen movement insists that the extension of the tram is a pharaonic and electioneering work conceived with the sole aim of contributing to the disastrous profitable investment so far.
Platform also emphasizes that the City seeks to prevent tram route bus lines coming from districts enter the city, forcing travelers to make transfers between bus and tram pay two bills.
By suppressing bus services will bring new worker layoffs and cuts in lines and frequencies, ultimately worse public transport.
The Platform Citizens for Public Transport consists of neighborhood organizations, consumers and users, unions and policies that have joined forces to work for a public and social, safe and sustainable for the municipality of Murcia transport.
Source: Plataforma Ciudadanos por el Transporte Público
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