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The mayor recalled that some studies indicate that the advent of high speed will create 2,000 jobs and generate an added value of 1.400 billion euros.
"I do not feel alone in defending the AVE because I feel that behind me there are thousands of Murcia who, like me, want to be more than anyone, but not less."
"The AVE is development, progress and jobs for many generations of Murcia and that do not play and I certainly will not do partisan politics of this."
This was stated by the Mayor this morning and added that "everyone must take responsibility."
In his opinion, "there are certain things that should not enter the struggle or partisan politics should soak".
Ballesta recalled that connect Murcia to high speed will have an economic impact of large-scale, which can be encrypted in the creation of 2,000 jobs and added value of 1,400 million euros for tourism and residential development, as reflected in a study by the College of Civil Engineers.
"Murcia has a railway station of the nineteenth century, we have reached the twenty-first century but has not gone through this infrastructure," allowing Murcia have a strong position to "claim not so much what we deserve, as we need."
High speed rail is an element of social progress and economic development, as has happened in many capitals of the country where real and empirically have shown an 40% increase in the number of travelers, as has happened in Alicante, which has increased the number of jobs and tourists.
Although the opposition groups voted together against the Government of the town and paralyzed the agreement of the Murcia High Speed ​​Society perform the burial in four phases over four years and funded by the three administrations, the Mayor has assured do not think you are alone in defending the underground AVE because "I feel that behind there thousands of Murcia who want Murcia is just like 21 other capitals of Spain, which this year joined Granada, León, Palencia, Zamora, Burgos or Castellón.
I will not be more than anyone, but no less. "
In an interview this morning at the Cadena Cope, José Ballesta was pleased by the inclusion in the State Budget starting almost 150 million euros for the railroad, including the arrival in Murcia high speed, first phase of the excavation and budgets soterrarlo in the following phases.
It has also insisted that there has been no court decision indicating that an error incurred in processing the work done by Adif.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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