The BORM of 22 June 2006 published the Protocol between the Ministry of Development, the Government of the Region of Murcia, the City of Cartagena and ADIF to tackle remodeling Railway Network of the city of Cartagena.
This signed and presented with great fanfare by Pilar Barreiro and Ramón Luis Valcárcel protocol established in his second point objectives of the renovations, the addition of the new corridor Madrid-Levante high performance rail network to Cartagena, improving intermodality in order to allow able to quickly and conveniently interchange with other transport modes, and enhanced services proximity to Murcia.
Also in its third point among others, the remodeling of the current Station Cartagena, to be financed by capital gains on land annexed to the station was established.
Finally, in his fifth point, clearly stated that to get the gains and improve the urban development that would speed train through an underground line.
Following this protocol 1,100,000 euros were invested and as such reflects the memory of the work that public ADIF in time, we assume that studies, projects, etc..
Therefore, from SPCT not understand that the PP government team, led by Pilar Barreiro now pose a relocation of the railway station of Cartagena, breach of protocol they drove, they sold as achievement in the media 8 years ago and which now 1,100,000 euros change location if consumed are thrown directly into the trash were reversed.
In addition to the investment loss, the PP government team demolition ships declared of cultural interest by the station on the pretext that its demolition was necessary to undertake the redevelopment of the station and the arrival of the AVE to Cartagena for the facilities Avenue of America.
SPCT shows that however much they insist on denying it, the protocol itself reveals that next to the railway station and to ensure intermodality should be the bus station and in the case of Cartagena of the LVEF, so if the station moved its transfer would entail moving the bus station and the closure of the station LVEF, especially when desligarlas would inefficient transport in Cartagena, and certainly cause losses for the concessionary bus companies, which are private companies logically pursue profit.
SPCT also fails to understand how the Municipal Government recently invested 3.8 million euros in the parking lot to inter alia provide the district and members of the station parking areas descongestionaran the heavy traffic in the area, and at the same time endow the campus of the Wall UPCT parking with parking suppression of the bullring is already causing problems in the university system.
Thus, the change of location of the station would be a problem for college both for parking and the increase in transport costs due to the distance of a hypothetical college station area Mandarache.
Finally SPCT want to show your concern for the future of the district station sector if the transfer station occurs near Mandarache, since many businesses in the area would be greatly affected by the closure of the station, and that the giving it up, would further depress an area that has been waiting years decontamination of land adjacent to it, which were to carry out the process of burying the tracks by the arrival of the AVE to Cartagena, and now leave this area with a station to be abandoned and the future widening of Cartagena crippled by a lack of money to decontaminate the land.
Therefore, SPCT wishes to express its support for the Sector AA.VV Station and claims of Ms. Barreiro commissioning a dialogue table that meets the deadlines set out in the Protocol June 2006.
Source: Socialistas por Cartagena