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The inhabitants of the City Center will start enjoying a new station of the EnCicla public bicycle system. This is Malaga, which was inaugurated yesterday and is incorporated as the first of the 100 stations that are part of the system's expansion plan, which seeks to have coverage in the 10 municipalities of the valley of Aburrá.
According to Eugenio Prieto, director of the Aburrá Valley Metropolitan Area (AMVA), entity that runs the project, the name of the station is a cultural tribute to the hall of Malaga because is an important site for the memory of the city center. city.
The official also indicated that the opening of the new station, in addition to being the beginning of the expansion plan, will support the downtown redevelopment plan that the Current administration performs.
Malaga retains the design of the traditional stations, has a technological update that, as Viviana Jaramillo, deputy director of mobility of the AMVA, allows an improvement of the reading of the vehicle to strengthen system security. The new station has the ability to anchor 20 bicycles
The usual users of the system have expressed their agreement with the opening of the station. Diana Sereviche, who has been using EnCicla for two years, said that one of the key benefits was improving her economy because it is the most used means of transportation.
"The new season looks wonderful because we have more and more opportunities to reach different parties and, personally, it's a great benefit because I live nearby" said the citizen.
Mateo Restrepo, one of the first citizens to use the service of this station, he said that although he uses the system recently, Malaga will facilitate transportation to his place of study.
The new resort looks wonderful because we have more and more opportunities to reach different parts of the city
The budget for the expansion plan that will cover the 10 municipalities is d 39, about 28,000 million pesos that will be distributed in the construction of new stations and the purchase of 2,000 new bicycles, which will be added to the existing 1,200 in the city.
The process of expansion in the center of the city will advance according to the pedestrian project, which for the moment will allow the opening of four stations in Berrío Park
The process will continue also in the areas of Robledo, Los Colores, the Picacha Corridor and the 65th at the South Terminal.
For the months of September and October of this year, it should deliver the stations of the municipalities of Sabaneta, Itagüí and Envigado.
The director of the metropolitan area stressed that the project not only helps the Aburrá Valley to improve the quality of the air, but also It will benefit the citizens by becoming the first project of the country that allows the union of territories, in this case each of the 10 municipalities of this jurisdiction, through the bicycle.
Por For his part, Andrés Álvarez, coordinator of the expansion plan, explained that this will be implemented initially in areas where vehicles are prohibited from parking. He also said that by 2030, the 10 municipalities could have 450 EnCicla stations.
"From the metropolis, we believe that cycling is an instrument of transformation that allows us to live in a more equitable and friendly city. When we ride a bicycle, we are all the same "concludes Jaramillo
Carolina Ruiz for EL TIEMPO
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