The Citizens' spokesperson in Cartagena has put as an example the Logistic Activities Area whose project has been initiated recently thanks to the pressure of Citizens in the Assembly, "if it were still linked to the construction of the basin of the Gorguel, we would not be where we are now , With a technical table for the ZAL of Cartagena, and studying transferring the Franco Deposit as the first infrastructure of the logistics area.
On the occasion of the information published this weekend in which it is ensured that the implementation of the commuter train is delayed until the arrival of the highways, the Citizen spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padin, has stated that "we are talking about One of the oldest demands of the students and professors of the Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT) from this teaching institution have understood that it is the moment to act 'by the increase in the number of students among other reasons.' Arrived to gather about 200 signatures between teachers and students to improve the rail link between the two most important cities of the Autonomous Community.
The UPCT demands that Renfe develop the service of Cercanías with Murcia, and in particular they demand the daily frequency of services, modification of the schedules to adapt them to the needs of the users and the substitution of the Regional line for a Cercanías for Reduce travel time.
According to Manuel Padín, "everything seemed to be going well, both members of this university and the director of Transport of the Autonomous Community, Salvador García, had announced meetings with officials of the Ministry of Public Works, with the aim of transferring the director of operations Of Renfe these demands ".
Now the popular deputy, Francisco Bernabé, announces that there will be no Cercanías until the roads of the AVE arrive.
The Citizens' spokesman recalled that "the Municipal Group of the PP in 2013 a motion in plenary, alleging" that the Ministry of Development plans to improve the system through the AVE and the Mediterranean Corridor, "but recently the same Group Municipal claimed the regional government to improve and expand the frequency of trains between Murcia and Cartagena, "that is, a sea of ​​contradictions and inconsistencies."
The spokesman for the orange formation, Manuel Padín, believes that "linking projects that have been called for years and can not be applied to others for which there is no date is a temerity, it only provokes frustration and the paralysis of our development."
Manuel Padín puts as an example the Logistic Activities Area whose project has started recently thanks to the pressure of Citizens in the Assembly, "if it were still linked to the construction of the basin of Gorguel, we would not be where we are now, with a technical table For the ZAL of Cartagena, and studying transferring the Franco Deposit as the first infrastructure of the logistics area.
As for the level crossing in La Palma, spokesman of Cs Cartagena, has stated that "Adif took out in 2008 the project to suppress the crossing at the level of La Palma-Pozo Estrecho for a value of 3.5 million euros and now we Say "that he is endowed with the highest degree of protection," and that they refuse to do the work, "it is precisely this incoherence and contradiction in administrations that provokes the discomfort and disappointment of citizens."
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The Municipal Citizens Group has contacted their national deputies and the Parliamentary Group to convey this complaint to the students and teachers of the UPCT to study the most appropriate steps to promote this project.
On the other hand, the Citizens' Group in the Assembly has informed that it is already preparing an interpellation to the regional government to explain the steps taken after the motion approved in February 2016 in the Committee on Territorial Policy, Environment, Agriculture and Water Act of the Regional Assembly urging the Government of Spain to urgently eliminate all the barrier-free steps on existing rail lines in the Community, "we want to know what the regional government has been doing since Approve this motion, you have to ask for explanations, and it is not worth just by urging, sometimes you have to push for results. "
"Citizens believe that the security of these intersections can not be delayed any longer, and should be prioritized in the economic and political agendas, that is why we have asked our colleagues in the Assembly to urge the Community to demand that the Ministry on Table already put dates and budget, "said the spokesman of Citizens in Cartagena.
"It can not be that these works are being carried out in other communities and we are always the last, the ignored, the none," said Manuel Padín.
Citizen spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, points out that "the Ministry of Public Works has been promising the gradual elimination of these level steps in Cartagena and in the Region, intersections that entail a serious risk of abuse or accident; Level there is this risk situation, in Cartagena we have had the misfortune to live some of these accidents recently, without going any further, a few days ago a tourism was overwhelmed by the train at the level crossing between La Palma and Pozo Estrecho. "
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena