Bursa-Ankara High Speed Train line, the foundation of which was laid in 2012 by AKP administrators, turned into a snake story. The Ankara-Sivas line, the foundation of which was laid in the same period, was completed and it was announced that the trial flights would start on September 4.
Sözcü According to the news of the writer Halil Ataş; CHP Bursa Provincial Chairman İsmet Karaca said, “The foundation of Sivas-Ankara line was laid in the same years as the foundation of Bursa-Ankara line. Let the people of Kırıkkale, Yozgat and Sivas enjoy it. Trial flights on that line start next week. The people of Bursa are played tales from the AKP. Is Bursa the stepchild of AKP governments, which cannot receive sufficient investment from the central government? said.
“WHAT IT STARTED AS A FAST TRAIN, IT BECOME A FREIGHT TRAIN”
Noting that Bursa's train waiting has turned into a hopeless case due to the irresponsible approach of AKP governments, Karaca said:
“The foundation of the Bilecik-Yenişehir-Bursa line was laid in 2012 at Balat, on the Mudanya road, in Bursa. AKP's ministers and deputies rained good news on the news that Bursa residents will get the train in 2016. So what was the result? It didn't reach 2016, 2019 is behind. Due to wrong choices, the route was changed 6 times, the destination was extended to Bandırma as it was not originally envisaged. There were failures in financial management. They called it high-speed train, it turned into a high standard train line. New decisions were made in installments. Is there such a strange project management? At first, you come up with a realistic project and continue on your way. Bursa-Ankara high-speed train project turned into a series of incompetence that should be taught as an example of failure and mismanagement in Engineering departments, it became a freight train. As of today, exactly 9 years have passed, there is no line, no train. They are targeting 2023 for the Osmaneli-Bursa section, but it is already clear that this date will be delayed due to the new route change. After the completion of Osmaneli-Bursa, only the Bursa-Bandırma route will start.”
“BURSA HAS 15 BILLION EXPORT POTENTIAL”
Reminding that the 201 kilometer Bandırma-Bursa-Yenişehir-Osmaneli High Standard Railway Line will be 56 kilometers between Bursa and Yenişehir, 50 kilometers between Yenişehir and Osmaneli, and the Bursa-Bandırma line will be 95 kilometers, Karaca from CHP concluded his words as follows:
“A province with an export potential of 15 billion dollars continues to be victimized by such bad administrations. The people of Bursa gave the AKP more undeserved political support, but its response was always disappointment. We promise from today. Bursa's face will smile under the CHP government.