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Conference discusses challenges facing transport sector
Jordan News
last updated:
Sep 27,2022
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AMMAN — A conference on business
opportunities available in public transportation discussed challenges facing
the sector, and their impact on national economic development, according to the
Jordan News Agency, Petra.اضافة اعلان
The three-day conference, organized by the Senate in
cooperation with the German Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation, opened Sunday
evening in the Dead Sea.
The meeting is also discussing promoting investments
in Jordan, enhancing the competitiveness of the national economy, and achieving
a safe and affordable transport system, in addition to its impact on the
climate and the environment.
Inaugurating the event was Senate President Faisal
Al-Fayez, who said that despite the strategies and plans that were put in place
to address the challenges in the public transport, the sector still suffers
from “weak points and the absence of a real transport system that serves
citizens”.
Accordingly, “it is now time to come up with
progressive solutions and plans under a specific timetable to address
challenges,” he underlined. He said that the necessary funding should also be
provided to implement these solutions under a partnership between the public
and the private sectors.
Fayez underscored the need to remove obstacles while
simultaneously ensuring that the legislation governing the transport sector is
consistent with environmental laws, given the global trend to address climate
change.
He lauded the government’s and the Ministry of
Transport’s “great” efforts to enhance the sector, pointing to the importance
of coming up with large-scale projects with the aim of ensuring the
implementation of plans and strategies.
Fayez noted that 24 transport ministers have been
appointed in the transport sector since His Majesty King Abdullah assumed his
constitutional duties in 1999, according to a local news outlet.
He said the sector still faces challenges, despite Royal
directives to accelerate solutions and mapping out strategic plans to develop a
reliable public transport system.