continuous downpours reported by commuters on Metro Line A, claiming persistent wetness throughout their journeys.
**"Complaining about the drizzle? Think again, pal," quips Ignacio López, a regular rider on the Line A of the Metro. Yes, you heard that right – the drizzle! Ignacio hopped on one of the 58 units of RTP, provided yesterday by Semovi due to the forced shutdown of the entire Line A route because of the downpour on Monday night.
"We've got transport now, but yesterday, when it mattered most, we were stranded," Ignacio grumbled. "I had to trudge for miles until I found a bus and then squeeze onto another one to get home. The Zaragoza district, well, it turned into a swimming pool," he lamented.
The Line A service went dark at 9:30 PM on Monday and came back to life at 10:25 AM the following day.
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In a transparent move, the Metro spilled the beans to our site that "the underground infrastructure of the Collective Transportation System is being hammered by water infiltrations due to groundwater or leaks in the municipal drainage and potable water networks."
The Metro's been battling blockages and even had a collector in Los Reyes and La Paz on the ropes.
The transportation system shared that from 2018 to 2024, around 30 drain unclogging actions and bombing system procedures have been carried out, and in 2017, the capital government dished out 25 million pesos for a 1.2-kilometer-long stormwater collector in Los Reyes La Paz, financed by the Metropolitan Fund.
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- Despite the challenges posed by the rain in the transportation industry, the Metro recently revealed that they have been dealing with water infiltrations due to groundwater or leaks in the city's drainage and potable water networks.
- Ignacio's transportation woes the previous day reminded everyone of how crucial financial support is for improving the city's weather-resistant infrastructure, such as the 25 million pesos spent in 2017 on a stormwater collector in Los Reyes La Paz, financed by the Metropolitan Fund.
