Alfredo del Mazo presents progress on the construction of the Chalco-Santa Martha trolleybus / @alfredodelmazo @Edomex >>>
#EstadoDeMéxico.- The Governor of the State of Mexico, Alfredo Del Mazo Maza, shared the progress of the construction of the Chalco-Santa Martha Trolleybus, where he highlighted that five sectors of the civil works of this transportation system will be ready by the end of September. It is estimated that in its initial phase, it will benefit close to 120 thousand passengers daily, by providing a faster and safer means of transportation from the eastern zone of the State of Mexico to the national capital.
While participating in President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s morning press conference, where the Governor Elect of the State of Edoméx, Delfina Gómez Álvarez, was also present, Alfredo Del Mazo stated that this Trolleybus will have a length of 18.5 kilometers, 13 stations and two terminals, which will make it a faster, safer and more dignified alternative for thousands of users.
«It is a work of great importance, of great relevance, as I mentioned, 18 kilometers long and we would be concluding by the end of September, by the end of this administration, there are about five sectors that are contemplated of the eight that we have discussed for the month of September. Subsequently, two more sectors by the end of December and with the idea that by the first quarter of next year, the remaining sector of the work will be completed in its entirety,» he emphasized.
In the Treasury Room of the National Palace, the Chief Executive explained that, in its stage of greatest demand and once completed in the first quarter of next year, the Trolleybus is expected to serve approximately 230,000 passengers daily, benefiting the municipalities of Chalco, Valle de Chalco and La Paz, to the Santa Martha terminal in Iztapalapa, Valle de Chalco and La Paz, with destination to the Santa Martha terminal, in the Iztapalapa mayor’s office, and that this system will reduce travel time from two hours to 45 minutes with stops at each station and to 33 minutes in the express mode without stopping at all stations.
«We would go from a journey of practically two hours to get from one zone to another, to a journey of 45 minutes, in the case of the normal service, that is to say, that stops at each station, to 33 minutes in the express service, which is the one that goes continuously and does not stop at all stations. This is a saving of more than an hour and a quarter for the users who daily cross this area or who daily transit through this area to go from their homes to their workplaces, to school, to the different activities they carry out in this region», he mentioned.
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