The Regional Minister for Housing, Public Works and structuring of the territory, María José Salvador, has shown this Tuesday morning unconditional support in defending the Tren de la Costa mayors of Denia, Gandia and Oliva in the meeting held in Valencia who they have analyzed the report of the Ministry of Development on economic infeasibility of the project.
The Regional Minister has announced that when the new government of Spain is constituted, claim the Ministry of Development the establishment of the monitoring committee and a meeting with the new head to explain in detail the informative study and, in turn, to to move first hand the need for this infrastructure.
From the Consell they consider that we are talking about a "key and fundamental infrastructure for the structuring of our Community and for the commitment to public transport in the regions of the Marina Alta and Baixa and La Safor", and they do not understand that, with a population of 544.000 people, "there is no rail connection, while other areas of Spain with much less density have high-speed trains".
Salvador has demanded the Ministry of Development "equal treatment" for the Valencian Community because, as he recalled, "thousands of kilometers of high-speed roads have been built in Spain without addressing economic issues and based on social issues."
About the report, he said that "he has despised the enormous social interest of this infrastructure in these regions with a lot of tourist attraction, so connectivity is essential between these coastal municipalities", in addition to being a public service, "a right of more of half a million people that the Ministry of Development has once again underestimated. "
