«We have been carrying out the mobility works for 9 months, carried out with Next Generation funds that the Ministry of Transport is now demanding from us; There is nothing to return. That is the forceful response of the Mobility Councilor of the Murcia City Council, José Francisco Muñoz, to the news that has emerged about the letter that the Ministry of Óscar Puente sent this Monday to the Consistory, in which it demands the return of about 10 million of euros for bus and bike lanes supposedly not executed and for which the City Council had received European subsidies.
Muñoz insisted several times that they had not yet received that letter and that they were responding to information that appeared in the media. “It is a lack of institutional loyalty to find out in this way” about the ministerial decision.
According to Muñoz's story, last August the City Council requested by letter to Transport for modifications in the construction of some of the projected segregated bus and bike lanes because technical studies indicated that they were not going to fulfill the intended purpose and could complicate mobility in the city. city. Among others, they mentioned lanes on Infante Juan Manuel Avenue, Alicante Highway, Gloria and Princesa streets, and Paseo de Garay.
“Not receiving a response from the Ministry, we decided to execute them so as not to put the aid at risk,” said Muñoz, while showing photos of the works carried out during his appearance this Tuesday before the media. “They are executed, received and communicated,” the councilor stressed.
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