In the midst of the balance on the security council this Thursday, the mayor claudia lopez He referred to the construction of the Bogotá Metro and its projections, in addition to assuring that the second line, which will run until Engativa and Suba.
The president assured that in recent communications with the president Ivan Dukethe commitment to the resources for the construction of the second section of this means of transport was reaffirmed, which they would be insured in July this 2022. However, the hiring would take place next year.
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“No delays, no political disputes that will push us back again, here we are moving forward (…) Bogotá is building the First Line of the Metro, this year it will have the resources for the Second Line and next year Incoming hires her. As was my commitment as a citizen, as a candidate and today my fulfillment as mayor, Engativá and Suba will have the second subway line, the first underground, “he said.
It should be noted that the statements of the mayor come after the pronouncement of the presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, who left doubts about the continuation of the construction of the Bogotá Metro in case he becomes the next president of Colombia.
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“The company that Peñalosa hired, of Chinese origin, has not presented elevated metro studies and as long as it does not present studies there are no values, quantities. We do not even know what that 70% is (which must be financed by the Government) and if it can be or you can’t”, assured Petro in the last debate held between Semana and El Tiempo.
It should be noted that the candidate has been a critic of the elevated metro in Bogotá since he served as mayor of the city.
