Jorge Iván Ospina insisted that his Mayor’s Office has not committed fiscal guarantee for the construction of the Valle Commuter Train
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Despite the announcement made by the Governor of the Valley Clara Luz Roldán through her social networks, in which she affirmed the advance of the Valle Commuter Train as “a reality”, quite the opposite, said Mayor Jorge Iván Ospina, who He assured that his administration has not committed resources to the ambitious project until a section for residents of the southeast of Cali is included.
“It must be understood that towards the south east of our city: Bochalema, Valle del Lili, Ciudad Pacífico, future Ciudadela Santa Fé among others, at least 400 thousand people will live and the route does not contemplate it, having a train that does not cross where the people live. people is a mistake,” insisted the president of Cali through his personal X account (formerly Twitter)
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It is worth remembering that within the conversations to bring the Valle Commuter Train to realityit was agreed that the national government would provide 70% of the resources, while the region would provide the remaining 30%which include the municipalities of Jamundí, Palmira, Yumbo and the Government of Valle.
Ospina expressed his dissatisfaction through a chain of threads from the social network in question:
“It would be making the same mistake as Mio but aggravated given that we would continue with mobility difficulties in the south east. Be careful, the project must have an arm that supplies the expansion area (sic)
Ospina was emphatic in stating that, if the project for the Valle Commuter Train is developed, It would become a serious mistake that would multiply over timeWell, according to the president, the only railway corridor that exists between Jamundí and Cali is “few from Pance and Ciudad Jardín compared to the expansion zone.”
For this reason, Ospina added that: “Our city has not committed fiscal guarantee for this project until what is pertinent to the supply of the expansion zone (Bochalema, Santa Fe, Ciudad Pacífico, etc.) is adjusted. This is what we have pointed out in multiple communications and to the Presidency of the Republic (sic).”
This Thursday, October 12, the governor of Valle, Clara Luz Roldán, announced that the project was filed with the Ministry of Transportation to enter the request for technical endorsement.
The department leader through her social networks said: “Today we present a dream come true: the Valle Commuter Train Project – TCV in the first section, Cali – Jamundí. A commitment to environmentally sustainable mobility, decarbonization and economic reactivation. Today we officially filed the Feasibility project with the @MinTransporteCo, for the request of Technical Endorsement. A great achievement for our Invincible Valley! (sic)”.
The meeting at the Ministry of Transportation was held in the company of directors of Propacífico, Governor Roldán and the mayor of Jamundí, Andrés Felipe Ramírez.
Governor Roldán highlighted that now the commitment falls on the legislators so that they can manage the resources required by said project. “We want to highlight the bench of the parliamentary bloc because at all times they have been giving us support and now it is their turn to have the strongest task, which is to move forward so that the priority and resources of this first section of the Commuter Train are included. in this year’s budget,” he told The country From Cali.
The Governor of Valle added that it is important that The leaders elected on October 29 continue working to carry out the project in order to advance in the management of the signing of the co-financing agreement between the region and the national government. In addition, the tender is expected to open in 2024, allowing the award and start of works on the long-awaited Valle Commuter Train, which It would have an extension of more than 21 kilometers and 21 stations, 18 of them built in Cali.
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