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- The serious accusations of the former president of the APC, Adrián Ángel Viudes, the regional PP and the resistance of the Government of Pedro Sánchez to declare the project of public interest of the first order, or the announcement of the Port of Valencia to install a dry port in the Region, among the reasons why the orange formation believes it necessary to reprint the plenary agreement

Cartagena, Friday, January 25.

There are many voices that, after announcing the commitment to develop the expansion of the dock of Escombreras and the plans of the Port of Valencia to install a dry port in the Community, have said that this will damage the great project of the dock of El Gorguel .

Citizens considered "especially alarming" the public statements of the former president of the Port Authority (APC) and the CHS, Adrián Ángel Viudes, who said that the El Gorguel project was the currency of exchange offered by the Valencian MEP Esteban González Pons to Ramón Luis Valcárcel so that this one became European parliamentarian and so that Cartagena did not become a serious competitor of the Port of Valencia, or the declarations of the ex- deputy of the Popular Party Juan Guillamón, in the newspaper the Opinion giving for lost the project.

To this must be added the unjustifiable resistance of the Government of Pedro Sánchez to grant the project the declaration of public interest of the first order, something fundamental to go to the EU with guarantees.

In addition, after learning that the Port of Valencia is studying installing a dry port in the Region, entities such as Coec, Croem, or Fremm, have warned of the need to strengthen the union and support for the project of the new dock of containers in El Gorguel because otherwise it would be a detriment to the future of the port of Cartagena.

Therefore, Citizens believes that the time has come for the Cartagena Plenary to ratify its commitment to "this necessary project, which would be an important revulsive for Cartagena, its region and the entire Region of Murcia, with which we would improve our competitiveness in the sector by multiplying exponentially the capacity of our port facilities "explained the spokesman of Cs Cartagena, Manuel Padin who has announced that he will take to the next plenary meeting a motion to urge the Government of Spain to make the declaration of the National Strategic Project by imperative reasons of public interest of the first order to the construction of a dock of merchandise containers in El Gorguel, as a previous step to obtain the permits and environmental authorizations that are necessary to carry out said project.

"Now that the candidate for mayor of Cartagena, Noelia Arroyo, has asked for this statement when her party has slowed her down in recent years is something deeply opportunistic, dishonest and hypocritical," says Manuel Padín.

"Through this initiative," clarifies Manuel Padín, "in no case do we express any opposition to the Escombreras project, we believe that both can be compatible and represent a major step forward for Cartagena in the storage and transportation of bulk and merchandise."

Despite this, the orange spokesman maintains that the possibilities of El Gorguel are greater and should be the priority, being able to move up to four million containers and generate more than 18,000 jobs between direct and indirect, compared to one million containers as maximum that would shelter Escombreras, whose growth is also limited, "we do not intend to obviate the studies and environmental procedures, mandatory and necessary to undertake the project, but we consider it vital that the central government makes this statement of public interest once".

For Cs, the protection of the environment must be put before the construction of this or any other infrastructure, more if we take into account that, in this case, it would affect the Sierra de la Fausilla, protected by the declaration ZEPA, LIC and Red Natura 2000 and when its fauna and flora are several endemic species in serious danger of extinction.

While the projects arrive, other measures

On the other hand, the motion of Citizens will request that the Government of Spain be urged to study other complementary measures such as the authorization of new port spaces to market and put into service the important areas currently in disuse of the Port Authority of Cartagena, the necessary development of the ZAL of Cartagena and the relocation of the Franco Warehouse and a study to complete the intermodality of the whole with a Dry Port that can be integrated into the network of dry ports Murcia-Almeria called to be large feeders of the Mediterranean Corridor.

In addition, Cs recalls that the energy sector is the Port's first client, so it should assess their needs and development situation in light of future energy trends (decarbonisation) together with new industrial plans for shippers.

Finally, the orange formation insists on the development of the RO.RO and Reefer, lines of the western Mediterranean and north of Africa and with the United Kingdom and the North Sea for refrigerated products.

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena