They are committed to transforming the public transport service, defining routes, routes, etc.
Veronica Millan | They delivered 12 route permits in the protocol act, in total they estimate more than 80
The installation of the Municipal Superior Organ of Transport was carried out this Friday, in the auditorium of the Mayor’s Office of Caroní, for the reorganization of the public sector in the area.
The protocol ceremony was attended by representatives of the carriers’ union, including motorists, communities and students, Fontur, the National Institute of Land Transport (Intt), the Municipal Institute of Transport, Traffic and Roads (Imttv), security agencies and deputies.
José Rosario González, president of Imttv, specified that “it is time to rebuild the public transport service.”
This instance will meet the transporters, the communities with the technical tables, communes, institutions, students and security forces to discuss what are the transport policies in Guayana and define the routes that should exist in the city, routes, etc.
José Betella, president of the Bolivarian Transport Union (SBT) and member of the National Transport Body, applauded the policy of inclusion in the sector and the continuity of the national transport body promoted by the national executive, after the problems they faced in the middle of the pandemic.
“For two years, the transportation sector was one of the hardest hit, we had no fuel, we had no supplies, spare parts and most of the units were in parking lot… a very difficult test,” he said.
No impositions
Adolfo Báez, president of the Bolívar state Setra, stated that he agreed with the installation of the Higher Municipal Transport Body, but without impositions. All union members should be equally, there is no leader above any.
He accepted that the reorganization of the municipality be taken for the benefit of fuel, security, for example.
Regarding the order of the lines, he considered that there should be more space, “those who provided the service in the pandemic, the four and five-seater cars, today we cannot remove them, we have to add them and evaluate the organization within Caroní.”
Báez highlighted that carriers with four and five positions do not receive fuel at prioritized stations, one of the points that will be raised.
For the 50 liters of diesel that the buses receive, he pointed out that it is impossible to cover with the routes, it only lasts until noon.
The also president of the Eastern Transport Platform, extended the call to the representative of the state body and Zodi Bolívar, to undertake a study for the real consumption of the units.
Finally, he reiterated that they suffered five years in a state of abandonment. “We can talk about trunk 10 as it is destroyed, nobody has cared, it is one of the most important highways in Venezuela.
Who make up the Superior Municipal Transport Body?
According to articles 12 and 13 of the Municipal Public Transport Ordinance, it will be chaired by the Mayor of Caroní, president of Imttv, director of public transport in Caroní, representatives of Intt, Fontur.
As well as the state security forces, presidents of the permanent transport and road commission of the Municipal Council, representatives of the unions recognized before the National Superior Body.
In addition to a spokesperson from the communal transport technical table for each parish, from the secondary, diversified and university education student sector, as well as from the municipalities of the commune and from the users’ committee.
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