The Secretary of State for Transport and Sustainable Mobility, José Antonio Santano, has explained that the decision will not be made until early 2025. As for the Alsasua-Pamplona section, he explained that “it will be much faster.”
The State Secretary for Transport and Sustainable Mobility, José Antonio Santanohas put forward that the decision on the connection of the TAV with Navarre via Ezkio-Itsaso or for Vitoria is postponed and will not be recorded again early next year Aralar there continues to exist problems with access to public and private lands to carry out the necessary tastings.
In statements to journalists during the visit he made last Monday to the factories of the new international broadcaster Irun, he explained that they are having problems because, as he noted, “we are having difficulty gaining access to the country, both public as a private individual. .”.
‘We had to draw up a procedure for this temporary expropriations that we must set in motion. There are difficulties and it will take time to move forward,” he noted.
In addition to the difficulties of access, he emphasized the complexity of the work: “Tastings should be carried out at a depth of more than 200-300 meters, because it involves analyzing the possible impact of a tunnel and its characteristics, and that has such are its advantages.” problems.” It has thus confirmed that, although the decision was planned early 2025“it won’t be like that.” “It’s going to take more time. We’re going to take it because we have to do the tastings. It’s difficult when the access is so complicated, but we’re going to get it done. The message is: but it takes time,” he insisted .
As for the route from Alsasua to PamplonaSantano has assured that they are “very advanced“and, as he has pointed out, “there will be news soon, because that section is the peaceful section consensual and that it also means that an accusation from the Basque government must be accepted, so that the route is improved and does not so much infringe on what is the Sierra de Aralar.
For example, he explained that the Alsasua-Pamplona section “is single-track and that we therefore need to convert it into a fast double-track platform of European gauge, which will go much faster.” the Pamplona-Alsasua section “is going to go much faster and we are going to launch it now because we have consensus on that.” “The decision we have taken together with the Basque government is not to waste time. Let us continue with Alsasua-Pamplona and in another part we will take all the time we need because we have to do the tastings,” he said .
Source: EITB
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