The Minister of Development, Ana Pastor, has reaffirmed this morning the Popular Party commitment that the AVE to Cartagena will be a reality before the end of 2016 and will connect the city with Madrid in just over three hours drive away in an act township entrepreneurs in the Auditorium The Batel, as already announced candidate for mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro.
Pastor said that the works are in an implementation rate of 90%, an indispensable Cartagena project for the region and improve connectivity with Europe and the 30 cities that have high-speed next year.
"The Cartagena-Madrid connection will be 3 hours and 5 minutes, a reasonable time will shorten the journey in about an hour and a half in less than a year and half," said the Minister of Development.
It should be remembered that the railway infrastructure is an investment of 112 million euros, "is the first time that this infrastructure is included in the State Budget, infrastructure which can not Cartagena resign and will be vital to promote tourism in our city, "stressed Pilar Barreiro.
At the meeting, Ana Pastor has also informed the entrepreneurs of other infrastructure necessary for Cartagena as the Mediterranean corridor in Goods or the Puerto del Gorguel, priority projects for the region and Spain that will generate employment and placed at the Port of Cartagena in one of the more competitive ports of the Mediterranean Basin ".
In this regard, the minister Ana Pastor announced in Cartagena holding an international conference on logistics platforms, "the Port of Cartagena is located in a strategic location in terms of location and I want everyone to know the possibilities."
At the event, Pastor and Barreiro they have been accompanied by the candidate for President of the Autonomous Community, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, President of COEC, Pedro Pablo Hernández, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Miguel Martinez, and regional candidates and municipal Cartagena.
Source: PP Cartagena