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The Socialists warn that, if the concessionaire company were to break, "it is possible that the town hall should take charge of the 173 million euros of tramway debt, throwing down the capacity of indebtedness of the City"

The councilor of the Municipal Socialist Group, Juan Vicente Larrosa, lamented this Friday that "the tram, designed for the glory of former mayor Chamber and PP, can become a 'Covera 2' for the coffers of the City of Murcia.

In this sense, the socialist mayor recalled that the tram costs each year Murcia and Murcia 11 million euros and "benefits a certain area of ​​development, the northern area, and a private university, rather than the citizenship in General, which makes it a very expensive and ineffective medium. "

"If the eleven million that are paid per year for the tram were intended to improve frequencies and bus lines, and to lower the price of the ticket, the efficiency of public transport would be greater than the current one, which depends on the tram and two Different bus companies.This has been and is the PSOE's bet: to improve public transport in the municipality on a global basis, as a whole, "he said.

Larrosa has indicated that a well-planned tramway with a good connection in the municipality would be much more beneficial than one that "not only can generate more debt for the City of Murcia but also is thought to reach the UCAM and shopping centers , What happens to the rest of the municipality, would not it have been more useful to propose a streetcar to La Arrixaca? "

"Now we find that the Ministry of Finance counts the debt of the tram - which the concessionaire pays - as municipal debt, which is the same as saying that we are a city council intervened by the Ministry, which we will have to ask permission every time That we need to ask for new credit, "explained the councilor of the PSOE, who added that, in addition, this supposes that if it broke the concessionaire company - something we hope never happens - the 173 million euros cost for the construction of the tram Could have to be assumed by our city council, that is, by all Murcia and Murcia. "

Larrosa has directed this same Friday through an interior communication to the councilors of Transportation and Finance to demand an explanation on the matter.

"We want to know what the current and future consequences that this debt can have in the coffers of the city and we want to have that information as soon as possible."

Finally, the councilor of the PSOE has emphasized that "from the beginning the Socialist Party doubted the effectiveness of a tram designed by the PP to benefit access to urban development in the northern area and the private university. We asked for a Commission of Inquiry for the section zero.Today we want to know what is supposed for the session as indicated by the Ministry of Finance and what problems may mean for our consistory.

Source: PSOE Murcia