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The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, announced qu e City Council and Ministry of Development have been working for months to get the AVE reach Cartagena as soon as possible, which has emerged as the most feasible solution to build a new station train in the north of the Eixample, on municipal property located behind Mandarache leisure space.

According to the mayor, from the time that the Ministry was raised not to burial in the AVE station, we had meetings, sought solutions and, finally, we have presented a complete project, consensual and that fulfills both requirements, the centrality and be cheaper than the entrenchment or underground, and will represent a substantial budget savings, which does not have any obstacles.

Thus, the AVE train will arrive at a new station building at the entrance to the city, avoiding the current path that includes two important curves, while the current station does not go away, since the conventional traffic and freight must go out there, sure Barreiro, who put the emphasis on the importance of collaboration between administrations to achieve an end, in this case, the arrival of the High Speed ​​to the city.

I want the AVE in Cartagena, is absolutely necessary for the economic development of the area, hence the large investments that are taking place from municipality and autonomous region in terms of assets, since the city is the locomotive of tourism in the region, noted the mayor.

In this sense, Pilar Barreiro has highlighted the interest of the railway infrastructure for the development of future Port Home, nothing that is done in Cartagena is a treat, and there are examples such as the Auditorium, built in the cliff of the port, or the Hospital of St. Lucia.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena