2023-07-11 08:10:50
Tijuana, BC- After acknowledging that she could not “undo” the Tijuana Integral Transportation System (SITT), the Mayor of Tijuana reported that they are preparing her delivery to the government of the State to be in charge of its operation.
Montserrat Caballero Ramírez highlighted that they work in leave the SITT 100% functional, but progresses slowly because the infrastructure was not attended to in previous administrations.
“We are going little by little because they tell us that the units are not there, you know how the SITT was, I could not take el SIT and undo it because there is a moratorium of 500 million pesos”, he pointed out.
Progress
Obed Silva Sánchez, Secretary of Mobility of Tijuana, assured that of the 47 stations, 17 have been rehabilitated and are used for the SITT Express project, in its first phase of its reactivation, which proposes that the units have the same route, and that they only use said terminals.
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Passing the SITT into the hands of the State Government is part of the Respira project, he explained, which seeks to reorganize and modernize public transport.
Transitory article 14 of the State Mobility and Transport Law establishes the condition for the transfer of the SITT operation to the State government, it clearly says that once it is in better condition it will have to be handed over to the State”, he stated.
In order for the municipality to be able to deliver to the State, it is necessary to rehabilitate the 41 stations, he pointed out, in addition to improving the infrastructure so that it works correctly, such as connectivity, the camera network, the operation control center and the OS.
Silva Sánchez confided that it is possible that rehabilitation of the remaining stations is achieved before the end of the year.
The City Council works in coordination with the Sustainable Mobility Institute (IMOS) for other projects, he added, such as the implementation of transport units in the Agua Caliente Corridor.
Other projects in those who are working Simultaneously, he pointed out, it is the connectivity system to link the terminals and stations, and the rehabilitation of the trunk route traffic lights.
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“We must remember that our Municipal President received this system abandoned by the last two administrations practically in ruins, and work is being done to promote it. The difference is that we aspire for it to work, not as the last two administrations that they insisted on spoiling it,” he said.
possible reinvestment
The secretary indicated that as the project consolidates, they will begin to reinvest in the units, for now, they will continue working with the units that they currently have.
He mentioned that the municipality will continue collaborating once the project is delivered, since the infrastructure of the streets are administered by the government of Caballero Ramírez.
The first mayor stated that they are going “little by little”, because the infrastructure of the SITT was not attended by previous administrations, plus he couldn’t just undo it.
“We are going little by little because they tell us that the units are not there, you know how the SITT was, I could not take the SITT, and undo it because there are a moratorium of 500 million pesos. It will have to be this year (the delivery of the State) with its precise adaptations, ”he added.
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