Pastor defends not undertake monumental works but what is … – euronews

Reuters, 04/03 14:15 CET

Development Minister Ana Pastor, speaking today at a breakfast briefing in Malaga, where He has accused the president of the Board, Susana Diaz, “place” to Andalusia in the place where there is more unemployment in Spain despite “a place of many opportunities” so it has urged the change. EFE

Málaga, March 4 ( EFE ) .- The Minister of Development, Ana Pastor, today defended his ministry since no monumental works are undertaken but what to do, and stated that “likes accounts, no tales.”

Pastor, who today attended a symposium organized by the Southern Daily, stressed in his speech the effort on rail in Andalusia, where the number of high-speed passenger grew 8.2%, and stressed that only stations will be invested by ADIF and Renfe More than 16.4 million euros.

In terms of high-speed rail, the minister has referred to the momentum that during these three years has given the Seville-Cadiz line, which is planned to into service shortly comprehensively with the completion of Utrera-Las Marismillas.

The holder of Development has stated that on completion of works, the line capacity will triple.

With regard to the Antequera-Granada line, working with the aim of inaugurate in 2015 and the Murcia-Almeria, Pastor said it is planned tender the works of a new section (Pulpí-Cuevas de Almanzora) in the province of Almería.

Regarding the Corridor Bobadilla-Algeciras, in the stretch Antequera-Algeciras, has argued that it is betting on the renewal and improvement of the line, to boost freight traffic and improving the connection to the port of Algeciras.

Having recalled that last November the renovation of track path Almoraima-Algeciras were tendered, Pastor has said it is planned tender security installations and communications Gaucin-Algeciras and the project is being drafted branch to Isla Verde.

He has also said that so far this term have been in service over 69 kilometers of new motorways and over 14 kilometers of third lane works amounting to 959 million euros and performances have been tendered 290.5 million euros.

In total, it is expected that the Ministry of Public Works invested during this term Roads in Andalusia over 2,100 million euros.

At this point, the Minister of Public Works has highlighted the effort that has been made to close the strategic routes, such as the Cantabrian corridors and Mediterranean by way High capacity.

On the one hand, once in September the works of the A-7 are finalized, it will be circulated to the border with France, in Girona, and Cadiz, for high capacity roads (about 1,440 miles).

And, secondly, in the case of Corridor Cantabrian, after its completion in September the A-8 in Asturias, and can run on both high capacity between A Coruna and Irun (664 miles).

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