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For everyone tomorrow the Bicycle Gate – All information

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For everyone tomorrow the Bicycle Gate - All information

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With the Ministry of Transport assuring that the bicycle portal (www.podilato.gov.cy) has been strengthened to respond to the increased traffic, the Gate for submitting applications for a new conventional bicycle grant opens tomorrow.

At the same time, speaking the advisor of the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Antonis Minidis clarified that what was broadcast in the previous days is not valid that the sponsorship will be cut in case the applicant has a pending public debt.

The portal is already open today for the submission of applications for sponsorship for the disabled (People with Disabilities).

“We are sure that as it happened today, there will be absolutely no problem”, said Mr. Minidis, adding that “the system has been shielded and we believe that there will be no problem in relation to the operation of the gate”.

The portal will open tomorrow at 09:00 and concerns the application for sponsorship for the purchase of a new city, road and mountain bike with a maximum value of € 1,000 with the grant amounting to € 200.

As he explained, each applicant will have to apply for pre-approval by entering his / her mobile phone number so that he / she will receive a unique OTP (One Time Password) code, which he / she will enter on the portal in order to receive his / her pre-approval. Please note that pre-approval will be granted to applicants in order of priority.

Pre-registered applicants will receive a message with a link where they can submit the information required for the relevant grant. The data can be submitted at any time, within the time frame of three days.

According to Mr. Minidis, the total amount for the subsidy of new conventional bicycles in 2021 is € 100,000, which corresponds to 500 applications, provided that all applications concern the maximum amount of € 200. However, he noted that applications may be submitted for a bicycle purchase sponsorship, the value of which may be lower than the amount of the sponsorship. In this case, the remaining funds will be given to cover the runners-up.

The report on the debts to the state is wrong

Asked about it, Mr. Minidis said that there is no question of cutting the sponsorship in case an applicant has outstanding debts to the state, adding that the references in the relevant updates were incorrect.

“There is no issue, there was no such paragraph in the plan as approved by the Council of Ministers, it was a wrong word on the information page and this paragraph was not included in the decision of the Council of Ministers,” he said.

He reminded that the sponsorship will be given if the applicant presents a payment receipt and a photo of the bicycle.

25 pre-approvals for the disabled

Besides, according to Mr. Minidis, the Portal received 1,700 visits today, with 183 people registering at the portal for the sponsorship plan for the purchase of a bicycle for the disabled. As Mr. Minidis said, 25 pre-approvals were given with the rest taking the status of runners-up.

It is noted that the subsidy plan for the purchase of a new bicycle has a budget of € 570,000 for the period 2021 – 2023.

Asked about this, Mr. Minidis said that the 2021 runners-up will not be transferred for a grant through next year's fund and therefore a new application will have to be submitted for next year.

Source: www.philenews.com

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