The mayor of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro (southeast), Eduardo
Paes, warned that the crucial extension of the subway system to
mobilize crowds during the Olympic Games in August it would not be
completed on time, on Saturday the newspaper O Globo.
AFP
As he reported in the newspaper, an email sent on Friday Paes the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said there was "a high level of risk" that the massive infrastructure project to develop the so-called Line 4 is not complete within the time required , thereby making the entire transportation plan.
With less than six months for the "Marvelous City" hosting the first Olympics in South America, expanding the subway system, which will connect the Olympic Park and Villa sports center in Rio de Janeiro, it is the biggest challenge for authorities the second largest Brazilian metropolis of 6 million.
Globo says he got an alleged mail Paes treated as "strictly confidential", in which the mayor proposes "emergency meeting" of all local authorities and said it was necessary to immediately evaluate alternative transportation plan elaborated by the Secretariat state transport.
"I truly believe that we should start studying now to submit it to the IOC," Paes cited in communication.
The alternative is a system for express bus lanes, O Globo said.
At present, traveling between the main Olympic center in the exclusive district of Barra de Tijuca (west) and the rest of the city requires a nightmarish road journeys of up to two hours. The new metro line would reduce that trip to only 13 minutes.
With the metro project also seen as one of the biggest Olympic legacy for the resort town, any changes to the plan would be a major embarrassment.
A spokeswoman for the mayor refused to confirm to AFP if emails published by O Globo were authentic.
"No one will comment on those internal communications," said Claudia Lopes. He added that "trust in the state. The work is in progress. "
He also denied that there was anything unusual in the discussion of alternative plans.
"Everything is being done in terms of works in the city has a contingency plan. That's what you do when the Olympics are done, "Lopes said, adding that the alternative plan was drawn Metro said last year.
For his part, the Organizing Committee of Rio 2016 did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In January, the construction company responsible for the project of expansion -the consortium CL4S- told AFP that 83% of his work was completed, with 13 of the 16 km line 4 already completed.
AFP
As he reported in the newspaper, an email sent on Friday Paes the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said there was "a high level of risk" that the massive infrastructure project to develop the so-called Line 4 is not complete within the time required , thereby making the entire transportation plan.
With less than six months for the "Marvelous City" hosting the first Olympics in South America, expanding the subway system, which will connect the Olympic Park and Villa sports center in Rio de Janeiro, it is the biggest challenge for authorities the second largest Brazilian metropolis of 6 million.
Globo says he got an alleged mail Paes treated as "strictly confidential", in which the mayor proposes "emergency meeting" of all local authorities and said it was necessary to immediately evaluate alternative transportation plan elaborated by the Secretariat state transport.
"I truly believe that we should start studying now to submit it to the IOC," Paes cited in communication.
The alternative is a system for express bus lanes, O Globo said.
At present, traveling between the main Olympic center in the exclusive district of Barra de Tijuca (west) and the rest of the city requires a nightmarish road journeys of up to two hours. The new metro line would reduce that trip to only 13 minutes.
With the metro project also seen as one of the biggest Olympic legacy for the resort town, any changes to the plan would be a major embarrassment.
A spokeswoman for the mayor refused to confirm to AFP if emails published by O Globo were authentic.
"No one will comment on those internal communications," said Claudia Lopes. He added that "trust in the state. The work is in progress. "
He also denied that there was anything unusual in the discussion of alternative plans.
"Everything is being done in terms of works in the city has a contingency plan. That's what you do when the Olympics are done, "Lopes said, adding that the alternative plan was drawn Metro said last year.
For his part, the Organizing Committee of Rio 2016 did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In January, the construction company responsible for the project of expansion -the consortium CL4S- told AFP that 83% of his work was completed, with 13 of the 16 km line 4 already completed.