AMMAN — A source from the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM),
who preferred to remain unnamed, told Jordan News, "it’s still too early
to talk about the Amman metro and give more details about it."
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The source added that a technical and financial study is
being conducted to analyze the viability of opening a metro in Amman. He also
stated that those studies can help the municipality analyze the project’s
actual cost and whether we can continue to pursue the project or not.
"This is the first and most important stage. When we
finish it, we shall move to the next stage, and we can start implementing the
project," the source said. "We are looking forward to seeing if the
study results meet our expectations and help us in moving in with the
project."
According to the source, the metro project aims to assist
with traffic congestion and assist citizens with quick and efficient
transportation. They also added that “traffic jams are one of the greatest
obstacles that the country faces."
Citizens who spoke to
Jordan News said that they do not feel
optimistic about the launch of this project, citing their dissatisfaction with
the Rapid Transit Bus as the reason.
Mamoun Khresha told
Jordan News that "if the Rapid
Transit Bus took them almost 10 years, how long would any new project take
them? I feel that such projects contribute to increasing the traffic jams, not
in reducing them."
"Can you see any difference between the
traffic jams before and after the Rapid Transit Bus?” Khresha said, adding, “If it did not
increase, it is still the same. I still remember how the traffic diversions in
some streets made things even worse than before."
Mohammad Shinnawi, another member of the public, told
Jordan
News that "projects like these are great and effective only when they are
done in countries that respect time."
"As a citizen, who cares about his country, I ask the
government to give great attention to such projects; even tourists shall fall
in love with our country when they see that it is full of new and modern projects
in various life aspects,” he said.
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