Bus ticket in Maldonado rose 13%: it now costs $ 45

Local: 28 pesos
Section 1: 45 pesos
Section 2: 59 pesos
Section 3: 75 pesos
Section 4: 93 pesos

Maldonado bus terminal. Photo: Twitter / gmntra

Since January 1, there has been an increase of almost 13% in the bus ticket in Maldonado, from $ 40 to $ 45 in one fell swoop, although it will not be the only increase in the year because it is expected that there will be another increase in the middle of anus.

The increase was defined in a tripartite meeting between the bus companies of the Esteño department, the general director of Transit of the Municipality of Maldonado (IDM), Juan Pígola, and local representatives of the National Union of Workers and Transport Workers (Unott) .

The union delegate, Alén Valles, understands that the $ 5 increase is “fair” because it is intended to promote the wage recovery of workers in the sector. “All the supplies and other services had been increasing, but the ticket had not. Our gasoline rises, family expenses, but salaries did not increase “, remarked Valles to the daily.

This and the other increase in the middle of the year should cover the increase in salaries agreed in the negotiation, which is 6.77%.

From the Frente Amplio, the mayor Federico Martínez asserted that the IDM did not subsidize “not necessary” to avoid that the ticket has to go up with the respective impact on the pocket of the users.

“The worker suffers a cut in their salary and they choose to buy or invest in alternative transport such as motorcycles, taxis or transfer applications,” he criticized.

New prices in force throughout the department from January 1, 2022, regarding the common ticket: