For each citizen who uses the units of the Metropolitan Bus Services Office (OMSA) to move, the Dominican Government must subsidize 130 pesos.
The information was revealed by the Minister of the Presidency, Lisandro Macarrulla, following a session with the head of the OMSA, Radhamés González, which took place in the National Palace.
According to the information released regarding the meeting, the State allocates the aforementioned amount regardless of the path users take, which for Macarrulla is “untenable”.
In the press document, it is specified that the investment “does not correspond to the quality of the service and costs compared to the new corridors, and that this money might well be used in more productive projects for society.”
However, they add that their goal is to abide by the law and keep OMSA as a state companybut managed with “efficiency and transparency” to guarantee economic and social stability, both for users and drivers.
“The OMSA is going to operate different corridors, the use of the corridors is going to be relocated, but it has to provide a quality service and at a cost so that the State competes with the efficiency of the private brokers that operate the trusts formed by the current operators”, said Macarrulla.
Reduction of the subsidy
He also explained that the state administration headed by President Luis Abinader has achieved a reduction of 40 pesos less per passenger of this mass transit system.
“The indicators of the current management show the set of improvements that this Government has implemented in the OMSA, achieving a reduction in subsidies from 170 pesos per passenger in 2020 and 2021 to 130 pesos in the management of the Government of Luis Abinader”, Macarrulla explained.
meeting
In the meeting between Macarrulla and González, the operational progress made in the OMSA was evaluated, as part of the transport and mobility transformation master plan.
The Minister of the Presidency, Lisandro Macarrulla, and the director of the Metropolitan Office of Bus Services (OMSA), Radhamés González, held a working meeting with the purpose of evaluating the operational progress made in that body, as part of the master plan for Transformation of Transport and Mobility.
