The Development Minister has described as "very unfortunate" the words of the Ministry of Development in Andalusia, noting that the delay in the tendering of sections of AVE in Andalusia was due to "a problem in Lorca", when the layout is divided into six independent sections
The Councilor for Development of the City of Lorca, Angel Mecca, has expressed the outrage of the Municipal Government Team for the statements made yesterday by the Minister of Development, Jos Luis balos, regarding the arrival of the AVE to Andalusia.
In this sense, the Minister noted that if the sections of the AVE in Andalusia had not been tendered was the existence of a problem in Lorca, noting that we must "save this stumbling block to proceed," words that the Lorca Councilman has described as "very unfortunate."
Mecca has indicated that "we do not understand the statements of Mr. Minister, nor his intentions or what he intends, especially when they have not deigned from the current Ministry to the request for information requested by the Mayor of Lorca on the intentions regarding the sections of the High Speed line that affect Lorca scheduled and in the absence of the last public exhibition, scheduled for last July and that was not carried out. We demand that they say loud and clear what is the "stumbling block" that prevents them proceed and specify the existing "problem", because they seem only excuses to cover their own political inability to continue developing a process that the PP government left them more than advanced and practically concluded. Go to Andalusia and blame the delay in the tender of the AVE to Murcia we find a crude excuse that the only thing that seeks is to face different Autonomous Communities.
El Edil recalled the layout of the High Speed line Murcia-Almeria "consists of six sections whose processes are independent, of which four sections are in Andalusia and two in Murcia, specifically these are the between Santomera and Lorca and between Lorca and Pulp On the other hand, the integration in Lorca of the High Speed is in the drafting phase, but following an independent process What is the problem of Lorca? Why Lorca prevents hiring the four Andalusian sections? Why is Lorca the excuse not to tender the section that affects, for example, Almera city? ".
Mecca has indicated that "while the arrival of the AVE and the recovery of the railroad between Murcia and Andalusia are measures aimed at uniting and strengthening two neighboring territories such as the Region of Murcia and Andalusia, we find the attitude of a Government that, as seen Lorca is not a problem for the tender of the AVE because they are separate sections that can be tendered at different times, but Mr. Minister's statements sound like an excuse, to blame the neighbor and We will not allow you to use the arrival of the AVE to Lorca as an excuse or release the name of our municipality as a synonym for a problem to cover the political incapacity of a government that has not been able to complete the work that the Executive headed by Mariano Rajoy had practically left him. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca