After determining the freezing of toll prices, the government Rodrigo Garcia (PSDB), which is running for election to Palácio dos Bandeirantes, announces that the rates of ferries for coastal crossings will also not be readjusted.
The measure had already been adopted in previous years, according to the Department of Logistics and Transport, which estimates it will impact 20,000 users, including pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles, users of the system daily.
The readjustments used to happen in the months of July.
The government says that the suspension of tariff increases does not compromise investments and that the modernization program started three years ago streamlined maintenance, bought new engines and delivered 12 vessels for the crossings that cover sections between Santos or Bertioga to Guarujá and São Sebastião. Ilhabela, among others.
Joana Cunha with Paulo Ricardo Martins and Gilmara Santos
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