Political control in Pereira Council extended by the number of concerns about the management report presented by the director of the Institute of Traffic Pereira, Mario León Ossa.
The corporados were concerned by the increase in deaths in traffic accidents so far this year (see table).
Councilman Paul Giordanelli, of National Integration Party, said that one of the biggest questions is how it will prevent the accident rate and mortality.
“I applied to define me what was wrong with reflective vest and if the tapes work. The Director replied yes, but traffic cops continue to subpoenas. Also, we note that the index has been improving mobility in the city, “he said.
Also he puts on the table the situation of traffic controllers, who have been attacked by some citizens, thinking that they will do subpoenas.
“I saw the contract cranes that lasted for six months, we get sad because we saw a video where riding 15 motorcycles indiscriminately and charged to the same account everything, as if it were a single motorcycle on the crane” he added.
Conservative Steven Cardenas said he is concerned about the increase in deaths in accidents, especially on the issue of pedestrians, because they do not explain why up this figure, when more and more programs and trainings that is making the municipality .
On the other hand, corporados as Cesar Gomez and Carlos Alfredo Crosthwaite highlighted the work done in the ciclobandas, which apparently have not had the expected effect due to lack of studies and planning.
“I am promoting this issue, although I do not drive a bike, but I must admit that I have seen that by the afternoon the drivers do not appear and are using these parking areas ambulances and trucks. So I want to know how the ciclobanda has served for the city, “Gomez said.
In this regard, the Green party councilor Carolina Giraldo, said the problem here is that there is a fluid circuit in the city for cyclists .
He drew attention to the BREACH of safety standards for an adult or a child can travel on these routes, because they can run the risk of being run over.
Norbey Quiceno, U, León Ossa asked him to send in writing the situation of the blue areas, the Uber platform and mototaxismo. Similarly, if there vial strategic plan or action plans semaforización.
Carlos Mario Gil, of the same community, stressed that there are drawbacks mobility in Cuba from 6:30 to 7:00 a. m. and from 5:30 to 6:30 p. m. Which asks for a driver is probably to facilitate the transition.
Mauricio Norena, coordinator of the caucus, questioned the work of some drivers with safety vest because they spend doing other than to improve mobility activities.
He also proposed that to avoid the high accident rate, which further clogs the intensive care unit of asistenciales- centers, force yourself to take out the pass driving to sign a document in which you are requiring the person to be organ donor.
Finally, Maicol Lopera, the Liberal party, asked the Director of Transit a report of traffic summonses, what the portfolio and how many parts have been prescribed.
It also requested that residents in Pereira with tuition truck or motorcycle in another city, make the transfer to have a real report how many vehicles and motorcycles are in the city.
“It is necessary to strengthen the day of culture in people, because they are made in schools and streets, but seems not to be enough,” he concluded.
the controversy
Continuing criticism traffic wardens, said Carlos Alfredo Crosthwaite
people hired for this work do not have any authority, since riding bicycles with reflective tape and offenders citizens do not pay attention to them. Even he said that there are people who threaten to run over them.
“I do not like the Institute has offices in tentativeness. They are guardians who have nothing guards. I hope none of them will happen nothing serious, “he said, referring to each of them are political quotas of councilors to vote positively Development Plan.
In this statement came Giordanelli councilors Paul and Steve Cardenas, requesting tests to orated the Pole, after launching the accusation.
Transit Budget
The final budget revenue for 2016 is $ 15,148 in volumetric million, an increase of 12% over that was initially approved, after the addition of resources balance of the term 2015 for the sum of $ 1734 million.
They have raised $ 7.14 billion, with an execution level of 47.1% and real revenue higher by $ 871 million to earnings in May 2015.
In recent years, the Institute has been showing a gradual increase in their income, between January and May 2016 revenue increased by 57% over the same period of 2015.
Likewise for the period 2013-2016, real income growth in May, reaches an average of 19% for the period, being the years 2014 and 2016 the highest income record.