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| Murcia and Almería request the Government of Spain "to reactivate the integration works End of the High Speed ??Line that have been paralyzed, as they pass through Murcia, for more than a year "| The mayor of Murcia, Jos Ballesta, and the mayor of Almer a, Ram n Fern ndez-Pacheco, have signed today the manifesto by which both cities vindicate the works of the high speed Murcia - Almer a del Corredor Mediterr neo and associated infrastructures, as well as fair state funding for the large cities of the Spanish Southeast. With regard to the Mediterranean Corridor - an unfinished and incomplete railway infrastructure, with more than 20 years of accumulated delays in its works - both capitals request the Government of Spain "to reactivate the integration works of the High-speed line that has been paralyzed, as it passes through Murcia, since 2019 and its continuity towards the city of Almer a ”. Jos Ballesta stated that “the Mediterranean Corridor, for both merchandise and passengers, is absolutely essential for our provinces.
Our farmers, producers and industries need this route to reach the EU markets, but our cities also need this human connection of high-speed passengers; a connection that is currently strangled in the municipality of Murcia with the delays that exist, and phase 1-2 between the Carmen-Barriomar-Nonduermas station stopped for more than a year ”. For his part, Fern ndez-Pacheco pointed out that “the lack of dialogue that Almer a suffers with those responsible for ADIF and the Ministry of Development, added to the lack of knowledge of the railway integration project in the city, plus the delays and stoppages that this infrastructure suffers in Murcia, forces us to think that the promises made by the minister regarding the arrival of the AVE are not going to be fulfilled.
I therefore demand that the minister tell us the truth, that he explain what the real situation of the projects is and that he commits himself to the people of Almeria and Murcia to conclude that infrastructure so necessary for all " . The Mediterranean Corridor, with a double international gauge platform, will run from the French border to Algeciras, linking cities such as Barcelona, ??Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Almer a, Granada and Malaga and connecting them in turn with the rest of Europe.
It will directly connect 50% of the Spanish population with each other and with the rest of Europe, it will be an instrument that will strongly boost tourism, employment and the economy and will prevent the emission of 900,000 tons of CO2 to the atmosphere per year, which is equivalent to 130,000 vehicles going around the world. Covid unconditioned fund and urban transport The manifesto signed today requires the Government of the nation to arbitrate a system of aid with unconditional funds to all municipalities to face the economic difficulties caused by the coronavirus health crisis, as well as a specific fund to alleviate the deficit generated in municipal public transport as a consequence of the drastic drop in user demand. "We also share our claim so that these state funds in matters of Covid, those promised 3,000 million euros unconditionally for municipalities, as well as 1,000 million euros for transport, are a reality as soon as possible, he said.
the mayor of Murcia, who stressed that “until today, the local administrations of Spain have not received a single euro from Covid state funds.
The City Councils are facing this exceptional situation with our own budgets, increasing care and social services, in addition to arbitrating lines of aid for small businesses, the hotel industry, as well as for the self-employed.
Freelancers and SMEs ”. In this regard, the mayor of Almer a pointed out that “today, the Spanish municipalities have received zero euros from the Government of Spain to face all the competences that, inexorably, we have been forced to take to that citizens could continue living in this situation of crisis due to COVID.
Not a single help.
And I have to say that we are happy that the AA CCs have received a contribution but we demand that they have the same delicacy with municipalism that has been done with them.
" The Spanish Southeast, the great injured Jos Ballesta already signed last year together with the mayor of Alicante, Luis Barcala, the 'Manifesto for the local financing of the large cities of the Spanish Southeast', a geographical area that has experienced in the last 20 years a very important demographic growth, although, nevertheless, it includes the municipalities of Spain that receive the least funds from the State. This agreement now extends to Almer a: “The Alicante - Murcia - Almer a axis forms a large metropolitan area, behind Madrid and Barcelona, ??where intense social and economic relations are developed,” he indicated.
the Murcian councilman, who added that we are part of that Spain that promotes social growth ”. In the last 20 years there has been a very important demographic growth in both capitals: Murcia has gone from 370,745 inhabitants in 2001 to 450,000 inhabitants in 2019 and Almer a from 166,328 in 2001 in addition to 200,000 in 2019. In addition to this situation, the cities of Murcia and Almería, due to their capitality, provide a large number of health, educational, cultural, mobility and administrative services to a large population from neighboring municipalities, for which no type of compensation is received. European funds Finally, Murcia and Almer a have requested the participation of municipalities in the distribution of European funds (Decree Law of urgent measures for the modernization of the Public Administration and for the execution of the recovery, transformation and resilience plan).
Specifically, it is the budget item of 140,000 million that from the European Union will reach Spain -72,700 million will arrive in the form of subsidies that will not have to be repaid; and the rest, in loans. The manifesto claims the "coordination between both administrations to claim that the participation of Local Authorities in the Recovery Funds of the European Union is proportional to the participation of the Local Administration in the Public Expenditure and, therefore, in the direct management of 14-15% of the total of said Funds ”. The Murcia City Council has already requested the establishment of a clear distribution mechanism for the funds, as well as an agreement on the priorities of the cities, especially linked to the future Urban Agenda, digital transformation, reactivation the tourism sector, culture, hospitality and support for small businesses. The seven points included in the Manifesto are the following: 1.- The prioritization of the works of the Mediterranean Corridor, in the section between Almería and Murcia, and its continuity to Algeciras, as a strategic infrastructure for the competitiveness and economic development of both cities.
In the case of Almer a, this Corridor offers a fundamental line as the backbone of the entire Andalusian Autonomous Community. 2.- La reactivaci?n de las obras de integraci?n de la L?nea de Alta Velocidad a su paso por Murcia (fases 1 y 2) paralizadas desde el año 2019 y su continuidad hacia la ciudad de Almer?a. 3.- La Convocatoria de los Consejos de Administraci?n Murcia Alta Velocidad y Almer?a Alta Velocidad, adem?s de la Comisi?n Social de Seguimiento de las Obras del Soterramiento tal como acord?, por unanimidad, el Pleno del Ayuntamiento de Murcia. 4.- La culminaci?n de las obras en curso y planificadas, incluyendo las de integraci?n ferroviaria en la ciudad de Almer?a, anunciadas para 2023, as? como la reanudaci?n del tr?nsito ferroviario con la capital y el uso de la hist?rica Estaci?n de Ferrocarril, una vez queden concluidas en su totalidad las obras de restauraci?n. 5.- Que se tenga en cuenta el papel prioritario de las ciudades y de los ayuntamientos, como administraci?n m?s cercana al ciudadano, en el reparto de fondos nacionales y europeos ante la crisis generada por la COVID-19. 6.- Que se dote de fondos suficientes, de manera urgente, al transporte p?blico municipal por cuanto que se ha generado un d?ficit extraordinario como consecuencia de la ca?da dr?stica de la demanda de usuarios 7.- Que la financiaci?n local tenga en cuenta la capitalidad de Murcia y Almer?a y su singularidad como principales n?cleos urbanos del sureste español.
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