2024-03-04 22:17:31
The company of collectives KoKo announced this Monday that it reached an agreement with the Nation to restore the interurban bus service in the Alto Valle. The benefit will return “as soon as certain operational issues are reestablished,” they mentioned in a statement.
«The company informs our users and the community in general, that today we have reached an agreement with the national transportation authorities in relation to the provision of services under national jurisdiction (Line 914). “It consists of a rate increase plus a readjustment of state compensation that allows sustaining, for the moment, the economic viability of services and employment sources.”they began detailing in a statement.
According to the company, it will now be possible to meet the salary commitments made to the workers. This is a retroactive increase to January of 11.06%, a salary increase for February of 23.45% and an extraordinary fee of $390,000 to be paid in two parts.
Regarding the provincial lines, they detailed that they aspire to “reach an agreement in the same sense with the Province of Rio Negro.” However, so far only the Regina-Neuquén common and express services will operate once more.
Río Negro announced more transportation subsidies to avoid sudden increases in fares
For its part, the Government of Río Negro reported that with the aim of stopping the exponential increase in the price of transportation and even tripling the subsidies, in some cases, that are granted to companies concessionaires of provincial lines and prioritizing those that have a purely social purpose. ANDThe ticket on the Villa Regina-Valle Azul section is currently 1,509.76 pesos. The fare had not been authorized and there were higher amounts on longer journeys.
Finally, this rate was authorized on short, medium and long distance lines to sustain the operation of companies in the Province. They detailed that “The fare update is a consequence of the national decision to remove the subsidies corresponding to the Public Passenger Transport systems of the interior (Compensating Fund)” and they pointed out that “40% of the benefits were subsidized by the national government and the other 60% by the provincial government.”
After the removal of that National subsidy, Río Negro assured that the provincial subsidy would be maintained in order to guarantee benefits and their efficiency in defense of the user.
As a new measure, Through the Ministry of Transportation, the increase in the minimum fare by 100% was authorized, going from $400 to $800 the ticket floor.
In addition, for those sections greater than 10 kilometers, on those short and medium distance lines, Companies may also update up to a maximum of that percentage.
The executive decided to substantially increase subsidies that are granted to the concessionaire companies of provincial lines, prioritizing those that have a purely social purpose.
“The subsidy was tripled for purely social services, to compensate for the historical postponement of these lines by the National State, some even never recognized,” specified the Secretary of Transportation Juan Ignacio Ciancaglini.
The municipalities that have lines subsidized by Río Negro are: Allen, Cipolletti, General Roca, San Antonio Oeste, San Carlos de Bariloche, Sierra Grande and Viedma. These localities are guaranteed the amounts given in December 2023, in 12 equal installments for 2024 of $127,300,000.
On the other hand, heThe provincial lines that are not beneficiaries of the Compensation Fund are six and will receive a total amount of $49,250,000, thanks to the 105% increase in the subsidy, prioritizing purely social services. Fredes Turismo SRL, Vía Bariloche SA, Patagonia Land SRL, Cooperativa el Juncal LTDA, Pehuenche SA and Las Grutas SA are the companies reached to fulfill this essential role for the population.
Ultimately, there are the subsidies for provincial lines that benefit from the Compensation Fund, for which the provincial subsidy is increased by 120%, these are the KoKo SRL and Las Grutas SA lines, for a total amount of $40,000,000.
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