Of the 14 councilors, three voted blank, one against and 10 in favor.
In exchange for not uploading the urban bus ticket, this afternoon and night, the Cuenca Cantonal Council decided to deliver a subsidy of four cents for each passenger who gets on the 475 buses grouped into seven companies within the Chamber of Transportation of Basin.
The public money that will be delivered to this private group will come from the traffic fines. As approved, this may not exceed $ 3,675,121 per year, according to a projection by the authorities.
This support for transporters is given after the partial suspension of the service carried out by the union for four days.
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The delivery of the subsidy was debated by the councilors for more than two hours where the factors most considered to support this initiative were mainly two: a 53% drop in the number of passengers and the increase in the price of a gallon of diesel that on 22 Last October it was defined by the National Government at $ 1.90.
It was the councilman Diego Morales (related to the Mayor) who moved that to generate an “economic balance” four cents for each complete ticket and two for each preferential one be given to the carriers. This was seconded by his bench colleague Andrés Ugalde, who stated that something else would be “a privilege” and not a subsidy.
Although they are from different political banks, they approved by majority this resolution with a common discourse that rates will not be raised for the 70% of Cuencans who use this means of transportation to work or study.
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Of the 14 councilors, three voted blank, one against and 10 in favor. Mayor Pedro Palacios and the two occupants of the Empty Chair also supported the issue.
According to councilor Diego Morales, the execution of the subsidy will be immediate, starting tomorrow.
For his part, Manolo Solis, president of the CTC, commented that this will be a “very representative” help for the sector. (I)
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