The Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Jose Luis Ábalos, has highlighted that La Rioja has received more than 270 million euros of investment in infrastructures, “the highest figure that this community has had in five years“and the Ministry itself has invested 31 percent more than in 2020 in La Rioja, a sign of the” close collaboration “that exists between the Ministry and the regional government.
José Luis Ábalos made these statements at the ‘Riojaforum’ Conference Center in Logroño, during the visit that the minister is making to the autonomous community and which has already passed through Alfaro and Calahorra this morning.
The minister has released these data but, as he has assured, “this commitment will continue” as shown “with ambitious budgets that have been approved for 2021 and that represent an increase of 30 percent in this community in relation to to previous accounts “.
Some figures, the minister continued, “which are translated into fulfilled commitments, progress, perspectives and certainties in the route work that the Ministry has for this autonomous community “.
During his speech, the minister wanted to recall that, during his first visit to La Rioja after assuming office, “I promised to finish the works on the link from Entrena to Lardero on the N-111 and to prepare the road from Haro to Briñas. Today both actions are already a reality and we continue working so that the list of demands and commitments fulfilled continue to increase “.
Ronda Sur
Thus, the minister recalled that in the South Round of Logroño “after many years of uncertainty” the works are being carried out “that will mean the release of the toll of the current AP-68 motorway in more than 29 kilometers and a increase in connectivity with 5 new links as well as in the improvement of three already existing “. Work is also being done on the remodeling of the Lodosa junction on the AP-68 and, as announced, “the layout project has just been approved and we are working to approve the construction project this year.”
In the words of the minister, it is about “provide solutions that back up the territory “ and for this reason “we work on different studies of demands and needs for action in La Rioja”.
He has also referred to the highway of the Camino de Santiago (the A-12) remembering that the works of the last section (Santo Domingo – Villamayor del Río) have begun.
Railway Matter
Regarding rail, Ábalos has stated that the La Portalada substation will be in operation in the coming months “which will allow us to close one of the pending actions of phase 1 of the railway integration and we are drawing up a new agreement with a balanced agreement for all the parts that serve to finalize actions and value the works carried out and continue working on the best railway solution for this city. “
In addition, it has announced that the proposal of the City Council of Logroño for the Vara de Rey junction was approved last week by the Railway Integration Society and, regarding the railway network, “last December we signed the Adif protocol and the Ministry and the Government for the Castejón-Logroño section “.
Finally, the minister acknowledged that “we will continue to support the important architectural heritage of La Rioja” and in relation to housing, by 2021 “European funds will make it possible to allocate to La Rioja a figure that will rise significantly to promote the rehabilitation and regeneration of environments and housing “.
PSOE La Rioja
Finally, and questions from Cadena SER La Rioja about what he wants for the Socialist Party in La Rioja, the minister has reported that tomorrow, outside the institutional agenda, he will meet with the general secretary of the PSOE in La Rioja, Francisco Ocón. Of course, he has made it clear that “the only thing he asks of the party is to be at the service and disposal of the Government of La Rioja.”
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