The metropol transport companyone of the most important that circulates through the Buenos Aires suburbs, reported that it will lift the cessation of activities on 23 of its lines, at 00:00 this Friday, April 14, after a claim for subsidies.
The decision of restore service for a period of 72 hours It was taken after agreeing a negotiating table with the government of the province of Buenos Aires.
The measure affected the lines 65, 90, 151, 176, 194, 195, 228, 237, 276, 310, 322, 326, 327, 336, 365, 386, 392, 448, 503, 504, 507, 510 y 670.
“A principle of agreement was reached to set up a negotiating table so that the problems can be resolved,” announced the Buenos Aires Minister of Transportation, Jorge D’Onofrio.
“The Metropol company undertakes to restore the service from zero hour and the union of the UTA to accompany the necessary measures so that the service can be sustained and the Ministry, to find ways of dialogue so that the substantive issues can be resolved and we can have the service as soon as possible and without threats of new cuts,” he added.
On Wednesday the directors of the company announced the strike due to the “repeated breaches of the Ministry of Transport of the Nation in terms of its obligations, its debts and judicial rulings.”
According to Metropol, the situation added to the problems suffered by all AMBA operators, “due to the unpaid debt of subsidies for more than 24,000 million pesos to date”, together with the delay due to the impact of inflation 2023.
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In addition, it was reported that it is not “a deliberate business action”, but that it is due to “failures by regulatory authorities”.
The Metropol strike coincided with a claim for security after two drivers from the La Cabaña bus company were attacked in the early hours of this Thursday as part of an assault.
The event occurred in the vicinity of the Puerta de Hierro neighborhood in the Buenos Aires town of Ciudad Evita and the measure of force is carried out by buses on lines 172,174, 242, 298, 317, 624 and 635.
The violent act of insecurity occurred ten days after the crime of the 620 bus driver, Daniel Barrientos, and the strike carried out by the Metropol drivers.
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