After the conflict with the transportation service over the removal of the national subsidy that triggered a sharp increase in fares, the government of Alberto Weretilneck finally confirmed the delivery of subsidies to guarantee the service in the province and secure the passengers’ pockets.
The removal of the national transportation subsidy through the elimination of the Interior Compensation Fund led to a series of problems with the service in the interior of the country. The increases in fares were totally abrupt and some lines were eliminatedso in addition to affecting transport companies, it also It significantly affected users.
The governor of Rio Negro had been upset by the situation and indicated that he was going to look for an alternative so that the problem could be solved. In this sense, at the beginning of March he announced that, with the aim of stopping the exponential increase in transportation prices that were even tripled, were going to implement the delivery of provincial subsidies to the concessionaire companies of provincial lines, prioritizing those that have a purely social purpose.
This Tuesday, March 26, through a provincial statement it was reported thatThe government formalized its own transportation subsidy scheme in the Official Gazette. In the statement they pointed out that with this measure “seeks to reduce the impact on passengers’ pockets.”
They also detailed that The subsidy from the Nation through the Interior Compensation Fund represented a total of 130 million pesos per month, For this reason, provincial support was announced. For his part, the Secretary of Transportation of Río Negro, Juan Ignacio Ciancaglini, assured that “it was the decision of the provincial government to grant subsidies to the concessionaire companies, in order not to exponentially harm the effect of costs on people’s pockets.”