There are carrots and sticks for Wiener Linien from public transport councilor Peter Hanke after the city auditor’s harsh report on the company. Hanke puts figures on the city subsidies on the table and demands that the Wiener Linien must also “handle the money carefully”.
After the city accountant’s uncompromising report on the Wiener Linien, public transport councilor Peter Hanke shows understanding for the challenges the company is facing, especially in the area of staff shortages, but he also puts the rod in the window of the management: the 1 .2 billion euros with which the town hall co-financed the company in 2023 alone, Hanke warns that they must be used carefully: “The city’s resources are of course not unlimited.’
Source: Krone
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