The Minister of Transportation of the province of Buenos Aires, Jorge D’Onofrioconfirmed that this morning the force measure that affected the bus service in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) was lifted and, therefore, also La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada.
The measure of force had begun at midnight, but it lasted only a few hours since the business chambers of the sector received notice that the amounts owed were going to be paid in the first hours of the day, as happened later.
Within this framework, only the first services were really affected by the reduction in frequencies and From very early on, the routes gradually returned to normal operation after the agreement reached between the Buenos Aires government and the companies in the sector that had communicated the measure of force.
“The companies are very quick to communicate the measure of force, but not that it is not done. Next time I will publish the WhatsApp”the Buenos Aires official maintained with some anger in dialogue with Radio The Network and added: “If a unit does not go out into the street, it will be sanctioned.”
The 100 bus lines had announced reduced service for this Tuesday to claim the delay in the payment of subsidies by the Government. The forceful measure was announced by the Chamber of Passenger Auto Transport (CEAP) and the Chamber of Transport of the Province of Buenos Aires (CTPBA), which bring together the main companies in the sector.
“We are four days late and there is an employer lockout, the City is a month late and nothing happens”D’Onofrio reproached. “Today the transfers will be made and the cameras guaranteed me that there would be no retention of tasks,” he said and remarked: “It strikes me, because at the beginning of the year there is always a delay. I find it very rare that when we are demanding that they give us the same treatment as the City, this happens the way it was done”.
