The head of state, Macky Sall announced that the Bus Rapid Transit (Brt), which he officially launched Monday afternoon, is an investment of 300 billion FCFA and will have to carry 300,000 daily passengers daily between Guediawaye and the city center of Dakar.
« This 18 km linear project (…), which can carry 300,000 passengers daily, is an investment of 300 billion CFA francs and is based on an innovative mechanism, including 15% of private investment. for the acquisition and operation of rolling stock meeting the international standard, « he says.
Mr. Sall emphasized that structuring into a public-private partnership for the exploitation of the future BRT allows the participation of the State and the local private sector for a total of 30% in the capital of the future operating company. He also mentioned the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions identified in COP21 as Senegal’s contributions.
« This will improve the air quality while promoting, among other things, the modal record of the private car by public transport.The Dakar BRT will be greener, cleaner, more viable and more attractive, » said the head of the State requesting the Minister of Land Transport, to accelerate the modernization of the public transport system in order to improve, inter alia, the supply of services.
He urged the public, in particular the minister, to ensure the physical and tariff integration of the TER and DDD BRT through the establishment of an efficient drawdown network to the capability systems. That is to say the user can from one mode to another through a single scanned ticket.
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