Transport Reform * Malta - Bus owners have no veto
La Valetta,Malta -The Times of Malta -13 May 2009: -- The Transport Ministry said today that it was not excluding the Bus Owners’ Association from talks on the transport reform. Nor was it excluding it from tendering for a new contract. But submissions by all tenderers would be treated equally... The association, however, needed to realise that consultation did not mean having a veto... The ministry said the association could not be awarded the 10-year contract it had referred to because the EU had turned down the proposal made by the government in agreement with the Transport Authority... While the government would seek to conclude these talks before issuing the call for tender, it was being made clear that it would not subject itself to any veto which the association might think it had by letting the talks continue unnecessarily, the ministry said... In its statement, the Bus Owners' Association accused Transport Minister, Austin Gatt, of trying to create trouble in the country over the way he announced that a call for tenders for the operation of bus routes would be issued in July...Labels: transport policies
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