The Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, along with the new Councillor for Transport, Sergio Lopez, in the round of contacts that normally keep the productive sectors of the municipality to meet their needs and demands, have maintained a working meeting with the members of the Association of Taxi Totana.
First, Martínez Andreo introduced the new mayor of this area, which expressed its fullest cooperation and their willingness to continue working to help this sector.
During their meeting, the mayor expressed the intention of the government team to promote and encourage people to use the taxi to show this support to the productive sector, which for reasons of economic crisis is being strongly affected, as explained yesterday, the taxi drivers.
In this regard, the City will publish a brochure in several languages, including German and English, so that tourists can learn all the monuments and sights of the town.
The group asked the policy makers lowered mechanical vehicle tax and the possibility of reducing the rate that is paid by the stop, so Martínez Andreo recalled that it was proposed in Parliament that the car tax reduction, although in 2010 not be implemented, sure to be set for 2011.
Also, taxi drivers asked for more control to people with private car transport are unfair competition and customers without the license, so the mayor said to be the strength of the local police who kept watch over the area to avoid these situations.
However, in the line of work of the government team through which they are covering all the needs of the productive sectors of the municipality, Martínez Andreo has pledged to continue supporting the sector to encourage the use of public transport in the municipality.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana