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The suspension of tram 41 has become the subject of a scandal between the mayor of the capital and the Ministry of Transport. It states, in a press release, that Gabriela Firea had refused to approve the suspension of traffic on one of the busiest public transport lines, and for this reason the completion of the metro in Drumul Taberei was questioned.
AThe Association’s businessmen who work on the M5 have requested, on countless occasions, the support of the Bucharest City Council, in this case the Bucharest Transport Company (STB), for the completion of the works of the pedestrian crossing at Drumul Taberei Park station . In this sense, the Astaldi – FCC Association requested the interruption of traffic on Line 41, for 10 days, at the intersection of Braşov Street with Drumul Taberei Blvd., says the Ministry of Transport.
Although, in the first phase, the Bucharest City Council, through STB, notified the entrepreneurs of the fourth quarter of this year as a solution, later they returned to the end, to finally communicate the entire fourth quarter as the end. The inconsistency of the local public administration costs Bucharest Residents “, warns MTIC. The work meetings organized in the Bucharest City Council, which were attended by all the important actors of this work (Astaldi – FCC, Metrorex, the Transport Company of Bucharest, PMB’s Department of Transport, the consultant and the executing subcontractors) were affected by the “lack of understanding and the ill will of the representatives of the General City Council”, say the representatives of the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Communications. They affirm that the works related to the completion of the M5 metro line will continue according to the schedules assumed, both by the employers and the beneficiary.
All factors involved in achieving this important goal for Bucharest and Bucharest must include the need to complete it, but also the benefits that the new Drumul Taberei metro line will bring. The mayor-general, if he is the mayor of all Bucharest, should be actively involved at the end of the new road and not go to investment target construction sites that do not fall within the scope of his reign. I know that the mayor general is in the middle of the electoral campaign and this work should have been a priority for the administration that he still leads. and get actively involved for the inhabitants of the area. This goal, too late, is a priority for the ministry I lead and that is why I have made a public call for dialogue. for the completion of this bus go ahead, with or without your support, and that the traffic in the metro This, with the passengers, will be done in accordance with the last terms assumed by those involved. The interest of the citizens of Bucharest is much more important to me than the electoral campaign that one or the other is in, ”declared Minister Lucian Bode.
In response, Gabriela Firea shows that she cannot give up tram 41 without providing citizens with other means of transportation.
“STB SA cannot be blamed for the delay in the metro works, and the attempt to blame Metrorex for its failure hides its own incompetence.
Metrorex asked STB to suspend tram traffic on line 41 for 10 days, in order to carry out some surface works. The request can be attended by STB in October, when the reception of a new batch of hybrid buses purchased by the City Council of the capital takes place. The procedure for suspending the tram line involves assigning at least 42 buses, taking into account that it is a highly sought after line, with a transport capacity of approximately 200,000 passengers per day.
In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the entire circulating fleet of STB SA is taken off the route, in order to offer passengers the possibility of respecting physical distance.
In addition, the information provided by Metrorex makes it very clear that the metro can be put into operation on the new highway and without interrupting the trams on line 41.
We remind you that Metrorex did not comply with our request to synchronize our works that would affect the traffic of the line 41 tram, in order to minimize the inconvenience of those who use this means of transport ”, said Gabriela Firea.
