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The Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Alexis Vafeadis, chaired today, at the Ministry of Transport, the first meeting of the Transport Council, which was established following a decision of the Council of Ministers on 12 July 2023.
The Transport Council, which was established following a proposal by the Minister of Transport, has a consultative character and aims to exchange views and recommendations on the management of challenges in the transport sector. The Council includes the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), the Federation of Employers and Industrialists (FEC), the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (CTEK), the University of Cyprus, the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and the Association of Transport Engineers.
In a statement to the media after the meeting, the Transport Minister said: "It is with great pleasure that we hosted today, at the Ministry's premises, the first meeting of the Transport Council, with the participation of both the departments of the Ministry of Transport responsible for the issue, as well as representatives from the private sector and universities. We have gathered here private knowledge, academic knowledge and technical knowledge from ETEC, in an effort to cooperate and exchange views, so that we can better regulate the issue of public transport, help to decongest the roads, reduce pollution and essentially, at the end of the day, achieve an improvement in the quality of life of our compatriots. We look forward to a good and constructive cooperation, exchanging views, sharing experiences, drawing up new strategies aimed at implementing projects that will bring results. I would like to thank everyone who has participated today and I look forward to our future cooperation."
In a statement, KEBE Secretary General Marios Tsiakkis congratulated the Minister for the initiative to convene the Transport Council and said that there was a discussion on the main objectives. He added that: "we have expressed our commitment to support this effort with both suggestions and expertise from experts. We said that there should be a prioritisation, in our view, of the pressing problems. Above all, we must start from those that plague many of our fellow citizens in order to bring solutions and for citizens to feel the result of this effort."
For his part, the First Vice President of ETEK Mr. Andreas Theodotou thanked the Minister for this initiative, noting that: "traffic is a problem that afflicts each of us on a daily basis. The hours we lose every day in traffic are endless. Let's not forget the environmental burden we have with climate change. We are ready to help the Minister together with the other institutions, the other chambers, the universities."
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