Central government and City Council of A coruña They are committed to solving the obstacles now posed by the railway infrastructure society, ADIF, when building your part of the intermodal station. Some requirements that he had not raised until now and that he has sent to the Council and the Board. ADIF intends to take advantage of railway spaces in the area and regain ownership of the land that until now has had municipal use.
The mayor of A Coruña, Ines Rey, has extended his hand to advance and says that “soon” he will meet with the Minister of promotion in Madrid: “we have regular meetings with ADIF and we will try to make sure these objections are overcome.” Asked about specific dates, the mayor replied that “it will be when the schedule allows it, on the part of the Ministry there is that commitment to the city.”
The Court of Accounts reproaches in a report on contracts paralyzed by ADIF that eight years after the formalization of the Intermodal agreement, the final approval of the construction project is still pending.
The Government delegate reiterates the message that the commitments acquired with Galicia in terms of infrastructure will be fulfilled and on time. “With regard to the development infrastructures in Galicia, there is a commitment to meet these objectives, and from the Government Delegation we work together with the different regional and local administrations to achieve those objectives”, declared Javier Losada.
Atlantic Tide calls for an extraordinary plenary session
Atlantic Tide calls on the local government to hold an extraordinary plenary session to jointly claim the Minister José Luis Ábalos pending infrastructures in the city dependent on the Ministry of Development.
Marea has criticized that Minister Ábalos visited the city and left it without naming a single infrastructure of his pending jurisdiction in the city and metropolitan area. It intends to make a joint claim of all the political forces of the municipal corporation.
The spokeswoman for Marea Atlantica, Maria Garcia, es tajante: “We are worried after the visit of Minister Ábalos, who arrives in the city and not only does not meet with the mayor, but does not bring information about the projects we consider key; if it is true that the mayor has a direct line with the government central, it is necessary that these types of projects are demanded in a forceful way and that the information that can have is transmitted, and that does not arrive to him to the rest of the forces “.
The Ministry of Public Works depends on projects as important as the cancellation of the debt of the Port Authority, rail access to outer port, the improvement of the commuter train to Lugo and Ferrol, the humanization of Avenida de Alfonso Molina, or the Pedralonga footbridge, necessary for road safety in the area.
The situation of the work
The A Coruña intermodal station depends on three administrations. promotionThrough ADIF, it has not yet put out to tender the works that it is responsible for, estimated at 48.5 million euros, with a term of 28 months.
The Board It also has pending tender for the transfer of the bus station, now on Caballeros street, which budgets at 17.4 million. He plans to do so later this year.
And the City Council, competent in urban planning, is already processing two modifications. It has to be commissioned in addition to the accesses and assume an investment of about 14 million.
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