Tenders should be launched this week for the purchase of 1,200 buses with Tunisian companies specialized in assembling buses, said Transport Minister Mahmoud Ben Romdhane, in a statement to “Attounsia” site.
He added that three Tunisian companies operating in the sector will participate in this tender, noting that the first deliveries will begin with the 2016-2017 school year.
Furthermore, he recalled that the age of the passenger transport fleet has dictated urgent action in the form of the purchase of 300 used buses from a French public company, following a mission carried out by a commission including technical experts from public transport companies.
The minister said, in this regard, that if we had relied entirely on domestic manufacturers, we would have waited a year and a half to receive the first deliveries, while the situation of the fleet no longer affords it.
