The Mayor, Francisco Jodar, and the Director General of Transport of the Autonomous Community, Carmen Sandoval, agree to go to the March 29 meeting with the Ministry in order to bury the rail line passing through the city.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, and the Director General of Transport of the Autonomous Community, Carmen Sandoval, agreed at a meeting held yesterday the claims raised at the meeting that the two remain with the Director General of Railway Infrastructure Ministry on 29 March, which was also attended by representatives of civic groups, Ceclor and Chamber of Commerce, as he had repeatedly asked the mayor.
Councilman Promotion of the City of Lorca, Joaquin Ruiz, explained that among the proposals to be put on the table will be "a part of the goal that we all lorquina society of underground railway line through the town, building the new high speed station from the entrance of the city at the height of Apollonia and the current halt in San Diego, making the current Sutullena station in a nearby underground way station. "
Ruiz has stated that "the high-speed station needs at least six lanes and a length of 400 meters of platforms for cars, plus another 300 m to access, so it is physically impossible to fit it into the location Sutullena. In this technical condition is added another, which is the depth to which you have to bury the railroad to cross the river. For this reason we suggest that the best location is around the central round and new developments, which also would be closer to the university campus, which will allow further development of that area of ​​the city. "
The mayor is confident that "the meeting of its fruits, as has recently been approached by the Ministry to the thesis that we have always defended by the council, but still do not know how much they are willing to bury."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca