The Minister of Economic Development, Arantxa Tapia, has called it “great news” that the Basque government will implement TAV access to Bilbao. For its part, the PNV celebrated the decision, which it said came about “thanks to the insistence” of the Jeltzales.
He Council of Ministers in office has approved the text of the agreement to entrust the Basque Government with the design and construction of civil works for the Basque Government high speed train (TAV) access to Bilbao. In any case, the work will not start before 2026, sources from the Ministry of Transport have told EITB Media.
The Minister of Economic Development, Arantxa Tapiahas described as “great news” that the Basque government will implement TAV access to Bilbao.
As the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma) reports in a statement, the Basque government will be responsible for drawing up projects and building the access platform to Bilbao-Abando station, with a budget of 226.5 million eurosthat will come from the Adif High Speed budget, which is integrated into the general state budgets.
For its part, Adif AV will draft the project and carry out the railway, electrification, security and communications installations and non-railway security installations, an action for which there is an estimated budget from others. 53.59 million euros (Including VAT).
This registration corresponds to what the Spanish government agreed with the PNV during the negotiations on the general state budgets for 2022. The PNV celebrated the decision, which it said came about “thanks to the insistence” of the Jeltzales.
The spokesperson of the Basque Group in Congress, Aitor Estebandescribed the agreement two years ago as a “milestone” and confirms, although this step has “taken longer than expected”, that it will serve to “give a definitive boost” to an essential part of the infrastructure, such as access to the TAV to Bilbao.
Source: EITB
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