Govt Makes Huf 150 Bn Available For New Buses For Budapest
- 23 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
The government is unlocking 150 billion forints (EUR 489m) for the procurement of 400-500 buses in the next few years, a government official said on Wednesday. Pál Völner, state secretary at the development ministry, told a conference that the emphasis of vehicle renewal would be placed on public transport by road since the rail network only reached 26% of the country’s cities and towns.
In the recent period, the capital and its environs received the lion’s share of new buses, with 300 new high-level vehicles delivered and 150 already on the roads.
The ministry is striving to ensure that the competitiveness of Hungarian transport intensifies and that the environmental credentials of vehicles matches EU standards, he said.
A public tender for the purchase of the buses will be drafted and domestic producers will stand a “good chance” in the tender, Völner said.
Source www.hungarymatters.hu
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