Municipal government spokesman, Jose Cabezas, believes that opposition groups have been swept for purely electoral interests to oppose the construction of the new AVE station in Mandarache.
"The transfer station north Eixample was a government decision that was supported by the opposition," reminded Cabezos.
The city spokesman believes maneuvers alliance holding PSOE, IU and Citizen Movement with the Federation of Residents aim to throw the brakes on AVE "because it is closer than ever and prefer to take a political performance before Cartagena benefits of vital infrastructure for economic development and tourism. "
"The decision to move the station to Mandarache was not a whim of anyone, was taken with the support of most local groups to bring a solution to the Ministry of Public Works and prevent Cartagena stay off the map of the High Speed "said Jose Cabezas.
According to government spokesman condemned the alternatives were Cartagena and the neighborhood Station continue strangled by the train tracks the next 50 years or find an alternative site that would benefit most from Cartagena ".. Thus recalled that the new railway station gains in centrality and proximity as all the great avenues of the city have a fast connection to the new proposal: Alameda San Anton, walk Alfonso XIII, Jorge Juan, Angel Bruna.
It is also connected via the northern access to the motorway Murcia-Madrid, Cartagena-Vera motorway Cartagena-Alicante motorway.
Cabezas has insisted that the data tell us that the new proposal includes a 20% increase in population that the current season.
"We are talking about 140,496 inhabitants in the current season against 168,300 inhabitants in the new proposal.
Therefore, with the season Mandarache Ave will be closer to Cartagena. "
Source: PP Cartagena