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The mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, will demand that the Autonomous Community, through the Minister of Development and Infrastructures, immediately expedite the drafting of the project for the section of the Mediterranean Corridor that will reach Cartagena.

The first mayor has expressed his indignation because the Administrator of Railway Infrastructure, which depends on the Ministry of Development, has awarded the drafting of the Nonduermas-Sangonera-Lorca and Pulpí stretch project, as well as three more stretches in Almería, leaving Cartagena .

Castejón recalled that the connection with Cartagena is of vital importance since here is the main industrial pole of the Region, specifically in the Valley of Escomberas, as well as the port, which is the fourth of Spain in volume of goods, the first In bulk traffic, one of the most profitable in the country and located among the ten most important cruise ports nationwide.

"All of this adds up to our important agricultural and services sector: the connection with the Mediterranean Corridor is necessary, indisputable and a priority, we are not on the agenda of the Ministry of Development in this matter and we are not going to condone it. In our hands to make them aware that the section of Cartagena is of vital importance and, therefore, must be a priority, "explained Castejón.

The mayor recalled that she has already contacted the Confederation of Business Organizations (COEC) and the Chamber of Commerce to work together to achieve this goal.

"We're going to go hand in hand. We're not going to wait for Cartagena to stay in the wagon," he said.

At the last meeting of the Murcia Forum held in Cartagena a few weeks ago and focused on the Mediterranean Corridor, the mayor already showed her deep discomfort because the only stretch that lacked deadlines for its implementation was Cartagena , Something that corroborates the adjudications carried out this week.

On the other hand, the mayor recalled that in her meeting with the president of the Autonomous Community offered the possibility of creating a common front along the autonomous communities of Andalusia and Valencia to claim that the proceedings of the Mediterranean Corridor, Would visualize in an act that would be celebrated in Cartagena.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena