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- Miguel Garaulet and José Luis Martínez are interested in knowing the state of administrative and environmental processing of the project for the new dock of El Gorguel and defend the connection of the Port with the future Mediterranean Corridor
.- Manuel Padín: Cs will continue to press, from the City Council, the Assembly and the Congress, so that Cartagena stops being in the car of the strategic projects because nobody understands that the main industrial pole of this Community, one of the ports most important of the Mediterranean, and the huge fruit and vegetable sector of Campo de Cartagena are not a priority for any Government.
The national deputies of Ciudadanos, Miguel Garaulet and José Luis Martínez, together with the spokesman of the Municipal Group in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, have been received by the president of the Port Authority of Cartagena, Antonio Sevilla, and the head of the Exploitation Area, José María Gómez and have been able to see first hand the main projects and objectives of the Port of Cartagena for its own infrastructure and for the municipality.
The deputies of the orange training in the Congress were interested during much of the meeting in knowing the state in which are the environmental and administrative procedures that must still overcome the project of the new dock of El Gorguel, a work that could be budgeted near of the 750 million euros, to work with 1.5 million containers in its first phase and that could generate 30,000 jobs, of which 3,000 will be direct.
A Port connected to the future
According to Deputy Miguel Garaulet, "For Citizens, the Port of Cartagena is the locomotive of development not only of the Region of Cartagena but of the Autonomous Community, from the industrial, touristic and service point of view;
a development closely linked to another capital project for Citizens such as the ZAL of Cartagena, and that is why it is important to review the opportunities that the Port of Cartagena has to be able to grow;
In addition, it is absolutely necessary that it has a connection with the future Mediterranean Corridor and the extension of the highway to Escombreras to further develop this industrial hub ".
In addition, for Garaulet, "it is important that the deadlines are met and the works of the Camarillas variant finish."
For the orange deputy, "all these connections will influence the tourism sector, for which we do not rule out that the Port, besides being a port of arrival of cruise ships, is also an exit, that is, Puerto Home, and for that it is necessary that arrive as soon as the AVE, have adequate hotel infrastructure and increase the cultural offer.
Regarding the possibility of the Port to expand its capacity, the orange deputy explained that "it was important to know first hand in what state is this project that could generate thousands of jobs and environmental guarantees, but until we have The completed Environmental Master Plan will not be able to have a truly informed opinion. "
"Cartagena is important for Citizens and it has to be the locomotive that takes the Region of Murcia to new and important development quotas", insisted Miguel Garaulet.
Transforming project
Antonio Sevilla explained to the orange delegation that it is probably the most transformative project that is pending in Spain, and that they already have drafts for the compensatory measures that have to do with the Site of Community Importance (SCI) land and the Area of Special Protection of Birds (ZEPA) and that is working to obtain the marine LIC, which is more complex.
With the approval of these three drafts, the Environmental Sustainability Report (ISA) of the project will be completed, after which the Council of Ministers will be in a position to declare it a Project of National Interest and be sent to Brussels, which must approve the entire project. both the ISA and the Master Plan.
On the other hand, Seville mentioned several studies that conclude that the terminal and container map in the area of ​​influence of the Port of Cartagena is deficient and does not meet the demand that will exist in a few years and recalled that a container port that is It finds 80 to 85 percent of its capacity, it is a saturated port that has serious mobility problems.
According to Seville, the European trend is to increase the share of maritime traffic, and Cartagena can not afford to be left behind in its level of competitiveness.
For his part, the spokesman for Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, said that "Cartagena is proud to have, for the moment, the fourth most important port in Spain, and the first in bulk traffic, but we need the Government Central and regional also understand and confirm that its connection with the Mediterranean Corridor will be a fact, that the ZAL and therefore the transfer of the Deposit Franco to the Industrial Park of Los Camachos will be a reality in 2018. "
"Citizens will continue to press, in the Assembly and in Congress, for Cartagena to stop being in the tail car of the strategic projects of the PP governments because nobody understands that the main industrial pole of this Community, one of the most of the Mediterranean, and the huge fruit and vegetable sector of the Campo de Cartagena region are not a priority. "
Neighborhood of Santa Lucia
The deputies of the orange formation have also been interested in the efforts of the Port Authority of Cartagena to revitalize and reactivate the neighborhoods of Santa Lucia and Los Mateos.
In this sense reference was made to the contest of ideas recently convened by the Port, which aims to select five innovative projects that promote the tourist development of Santa Lucia and encourage the expansion of the seafront;
For this, they consider the transfer of the Franco Warehouse to Los Camachos from this area a priority.
After the meeting, the deputies of Citizens and the spokesman of Cs Cartagena could learn more about the infrastructure of the Port of Cartagena through a short ride on a boat.
Source: Ciudadanos Región de Murcia
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