New Bus Terminal to be Built in the Narancay District of Cuenca

The Municipality of Cuenca will construct a new bus terminal in the Narancay district, located in the southwestern part of the city. This district serves as the entrance to Cuenca from the direction of Loja/Machala.

The bus terminal will be built on the site of the current municipal food market (locally known as Plataforma Municipal Itinerante Narancay). It will have direct access to the new highway under construction in Narancay, which aims to alleviate traffic on the current road through the district. The bus terminal will accommodate interprovincial and regional buses. An electric bus will connect the terminal to the tramway, with the nearest tramway stop approximately 1 km away.

The municipality has already completed the designs for the bus terminal and is currently in the socialization phase, during which the project is explained to the public. Once this phase is completed, the construction of the bus terminal will take about a year and will cost approximately 10 million dollars.

Cuenca's current bus terminal, located east of the historic center, will remain in service after the opening of the new bus terminal. There are plans to replace the existing bus terminal with a new one in the northern part of the city, though this project is still in the study phase. Ultimately, Cuenca will have two new bus terminals: one in the southern part of the city and one in the northern part.