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The regional government has requested 1.3 million euros of European funds to carry out all the necessary studies and projects that will allow the development of the Logistics Activities Area (ZAL) of Cartagena, said today the general director of Transport, Ports and Coasts, Salvador García-Ayllón.

The director general said that "the Region has requested 1.3 million euros for the Cartagena ZAL, as agreed on January 13 at the meeting of the Bureau of Work of the ZAL Cartagena" and that "the The European Union would contribute 50 percent of the funds needed for the project and the rest will be financed between the Ministry of Development and Infrastructure, the Institute of Development and the Port Authority of Cartagena.

García-Ayllón today transferred him to the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Cartagena, Miguel Martínez;

The president of the Port Authority of Cartagena, Antonio Sevilla;

And the president of the Regional Confederation of Business Organizations of Cartagena (Coec), Pedro Pablo Hernández.

The request for aid was presented by the Ministry of Public Works within the call of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) of the European Union, which contemplates the financing of 47 transport projects for the whole of Spain, which will involve an investment Of more than 500 million euros.These projects include the development of the ZAL of Cartagena, which is an action within the scope of the Mediterranean Corridor.

The ZAL of Cartagena will increase the economic activity of the port city by strengthening the logistics sector of the Region as one of the engines of the economy and the generation of employment, through an action aimed at boosting port activity and its rail, air And by road.

The Director General stated that "this project, together with the ZAL Murcia, are included in the trans-European transport network, which aims to achieve a single European transport space with a competitive and sustainable policy."

The CEF is an instrument of the European Union that finances projects of common interest in the trans-European networks of transport, telecommunications and energy.

Source: CARM