The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, showed this Tuesday your concern with the arrival this week of the new DANA to Valencia, and the impact it may have on the works that are being carried out in areas damaged by the previous one.
In statements to Onda Cero, the minister referred specifically to the reopening of the A-7 bypass scheduled for Wednesday night. He confessed that is “very concerned” about the heavy rains that could fall in the area because the 200 meter provisional detour that has been opened is “a provisional solution” and “I hope we do not have another damage like the one 15 days ago.”
About the AVE
Regarding the reopening of the Madrid-Valencia high-speed line this Thursday, he explained that Renfe will enable convoys on its first train in the morning to bring sanitary and hygienic material to the Valencian Community and the Army has also been offered to charter a ‘charter’ to take its equipment to the area.
The minister said that on Thursday Renfe will operate the route normally, and he expects other competing companies to do the same because they will be eager to resume providing the service now.
The Cercanías
Regarding the Cercanías in Valencia, he confirmed that tomorrow alternative bus lines will come into operation for the C1, C2 and C3 sections in the Moixent, Carcaixent and Utiel sections, and by December 22 the C1 and C2 will be fully operational now without having to resort to the coach. The repair of the C3 and its electrification will take about a year.
On the other hand, regarding the collapse of a wall on the León-Asturias highway, he pointed out that there have been significant landslides and a bypass will probably be made as on the A-7, “but it will take time to return traffic to normal” in the AP-66.
In relation to the collapse that occurred on Monday night in Almería in a drain on the A-7, he said that despite the collapse, the repair “seems that it will last less time.”
Conciliatory attitude with Mazón
The head of Transport continued in the conciliatory line with the Valencian Generalitat that he has been demonstrating since the beginning of the DANA and reiterated that he is having a good collaboration with the Mazón Executive. «The dialogue is being fluid, I can’t say anything else»said Puente.
“I have not seen a bad relationship or friction between the two governments at any time,” he added. «My attitude has been the same from the beginning, like that of the central government, to seek collaboration and put the fights aside because it is not the time and it is not what the citizens expect, because it consumes our energy to move this forward. ».
Puente expressly referred to the regional president, Carlos Mazón, and stressed that he is having a good understanding with him, as well as with other mayors and regional presidents of the PP. “Many times it is not a question of the party, but of people,” he added.
Asked about the praise he is receiving for his performance in managing the crisis, he joked that “True things, as my father used to say,” “But normality will return, for me and for Valencia.”
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