Monnis bus stop to be removed

The decision to evacuate a bus stop in front of Monnis tower to Central library parking by Public Transportation Office sparked public speculation that Monnis authorities biased to the decision. Due to the decision the bus stop will be removed from current place Monnis tower to National library only with 30 meters.

But the decision made by Public Transportation Office faces opposition by the National Library.

D.Byambasuren, vice director of National Library claims “The decision by Public Transportation Office violates a law on culture heritage affecting negatively to book storage, preservation. Dust, smoke and gas emission cause a great damage to book.

But then the storage rooms where Mongolian historical unique 630 heritages such as Mongol shunkhan danjuur, Altan tovch, Ganjuur are stored face to the road”.

The authorities for Monnis tower have requested and demanded from Public Transportation Office to remove bus stop in front of the tower and instead use the place as parking complaining about too many buses, passengers cause difficulties to welcome foreign delegations for last three years.

But Public Transportation Office kept refusing to accept the demands until the office finally accepted it and decided to evacuate the bus stop to the National Library on January 26.

But the sudden decision sparked suspicious speculation.

Our journalist spoke to E.Bulgaa, the head of Transportation Regulatory Department of Public Transportation Authority on the issue

-What is the reason to evacuate the bus stop from current place ?

-Traffic load is heavy at the intersection of Central Post Office and Seoul street section.

It indicated that the bus stop in front of Monnis tower cause too much load to it.

It is estimated that over 130 buses in 12 routes stop at the bus stop. That means there are 80 buses in an hour or a bus for a minute. But the point is not the buses. Therefore Traffic Police and Public Transportation Office made a decision because the bus stop space is not enough for buses.

Evacuating bus stop from current place would put more space for bus stop.

-Is it true that current bus stop place would be used as parking ?

-The place in front of Monnis tower will be used as parking only for taxi. But it is not allowed an individual or a company use the parking for personal need.

-The National Library officials claimed the decision was biased by Monnis authorities ?

-Monnis requested to evacuate the bus stop three years ago. But we announce that there is no bias for the decision. We see speculations on the case.

-Will it affect to cultural heritage preservations negatively ?

-Whether or not to evacuate the bus stop, buses passes by the National Library.

So we think there is no negative effect. We learned related law and standard. So no law is violated.