Due to cost increases in local public transport, Saxony has promised its municipal transport associations additional money. The Saxon cabinet has cleared the way for around 337 million euros for the years 2024 to 2027, the Ministry of Transport announced in Dresden on Thursday. The ministry's ordinance on the financing of local public transport has been amended accordingly.
The Free State received the funding from the federal government. The federal government will provide the federal states with around 17.3 billion euros in additional regionalization funds from 2022 to 2031. The federal and state governments agreed on this at the beginning of November.
"This will give the special-purpose associations improved planning and funding security," said Transport Minister Martin Dulig (SPD). In view of the price increases, whether for energy or personnel costs, the associations were under enormous cost pressure. The aim of the funding is to avoid canceling local rail passenger transport services as far as possible.
