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Dénia defends the profitability of the Gandia-Oliva-Dénia train in allegations of the environmental impact statement

12 December 2019 - 14: 44

The informative commission of the Territory and Urban Quality of the City Council of Dénia to be held Tuesday, December 17, will study and submit to the ordinary Plenary Session of December 23 the municipal allegations to the declaration of environmental impact of the “Cullera-Gandia-Oliva- railroad project” Denia. "

In 2016, the General Subdirectorate of Railway Planning of the Ministry of Development submitted the informative study of the Valencia-Alicante railway line (Tren de la Costa) to public information. The report concluded that the execution of the train as a whole is not socioeconomically profitable, mainly due to the low potential demand of travelers.

Three years later, the City Council of Dénia has received an official letter from the Ministry of Development in which the position of the session is requested in relation to the declaration of environmental impact, with a period of submission of allegations of 30 days.

Vista la documentación, el Ayuntamiento se opone a la supuesta baja rentabilidad del tren basándose en el estudio encargado en la Universitat d’Alacant para la redacción del Plan General, que también incluye una estimación de la demanda potencial de viajeros del Tren de la Costa en Dénia.

As explained by the Councilor for Territory and Urban Quality, Maria Josep Ripoll, “el informe de la Universitat d’Alacant apreció que en el Horizonte 2020, en caso de que estuviera ya funcionando un servicio de cercanías con València, habría unos 520.000 pasajeros en la estación de Dénia. Además, se espera que esta cifra aumente anualmente en función del crecimiento demográfico, llegando a los 540.000 viajeros en el Horizonte 2030; es decir, cifras que están por encima de las del Ministerio de Fomento y desmontan el argumento de la carencia de rentabilidad”.

In addition, the councilwoman has insisted that the train project «no puede solo estar condicionado por criterios económicos. El criterio medioambiental, en el momento actual, tiene que ser también prioritario a la hora de apostar por un medio de transporte que reducirá notablemente el uso del coche y las emisiones de CO2 a la atmósfera».

The intermodal station, in the Plana area

Regarding the location of the station, the City Council opts for the Plana area, under the Pedrera, and manifests itself in favor of the 3C layout of the study of the Ministry of Development of the 2016, which would allow the construction of the Intermodal station in the place proposed by the General Structural Plan. The objective is the integration in a new intermodal station of the stations of the wide-gauge train, the FGV railway and the intercity buses, linking with the current FGV station by tram.

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