The government of Santa Fe authorized a 35.35 percent increase in the rates of intercity passenger transport.
The new increase may be applied after the publication of the decree in the Official Gazette that took effect last Friday June 7 but now it remains for the companies to present their tariff tables to be able to apply them on top of the cars in the next few days.
The government justified the measure in that “it is necessary to analyze the incidence of the higher costs that have occurred in order to maintain good conditions for the provision of public transport services of passengers.”
At the same time, the Pullaro government warns that “the changes produced by the elimination of the Internal Compensation Fund that transport companies received from the National Government.”
In addition, it was explained that from the last cost study to the present “The ratification of the removal of subsidies was verified of a national order as well as the variation in operating costs, significantly affecting all items, namely: chassis, bodies, lubricants, covers, spare parts, salaries, which makes it difficult for companies in the sector to face these increases with the current tariff schedule. .
Maximilian’s provincial government Pullaro had already announced in February There has been a 150% increase in intercity fares and the new Transport authorities have barely taken office. In December they had approved a increase of 60 percent.
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