EBRD provides loan and grant to Chisinau to purchase new trolleybuses

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will offer a €10 million loan and a €3 million grant to Chisinau for buying new trolleybuses, Mayor General of Chisinau Dorin Chirtoaca announced at an ordinary meeting of the municipal services and divisions on Monday, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the mayor, the rise in the bus and trolleybus fares and the provision of compensations for vulnerable persons on low incomes made the EBRD get involved in projects aimed at developing the municipality of Chisinau. There will be purchased 90 new trolleybuses, while the existent trolleybuses will be renovated. Chirtoaca instructed the Electric Transport Company to implement the trolleybus timetables with hours and minutes for every station by November 1. The drivers that will be to blame for delays will be sanctioned.