As advanced this week by national PP deputy in Congress Murcia, Andrés Ayala, the Ministry of Public Works has given the order to publish notice of the works for the Jumilla-Yecla stretch in the A-33 , which was approved last Friday by the Cabinet and could be published next week in the Official Gazette
The mayor of Jumilla, Enrique Jimenez, expressed satisfaction about it, because "it is a step to connect the economic hub of Jumilla and Valencia, which will result in a significant improvement in the economic development of the municipality" .
He adds, "this is a test of the commitment of the Central Government in the Region."
According to Ayala, spokeswoman for Public Works in the House of Representatives, "this section will allow communication by highway not only the two major population centers of the Altiplano, but also the connection of the Region of Valencia, Murcia forming explained a network with high capacity highways of regional ownership, placing us among the best vertebrate road territories of Spain. "
Construction could begin in mid-2014
Work on the stretch Yecla, Jumilla, just over 23 kilometers, and with a budget of just over € 80 million could be allocated and begun in May or June 2014, with a duration of 18-22 months, so the intention of the Ministry would complete them in the first quarter of 2016.
The mayor of Yecla, the recent adoption of this notice in the Cabinet "and implements a historical demand Yecla and yeclanos", although they have produced "very difficult time in the budget, which gives, if anything, more value. "
Investments in 2014 to Murcia
Moreover, Ayala has stated that "it has been good to Murcia in the State Budget for 2014," recalling that "has guaranteed the high speed train to the region with the foresight to invest 127.3 million euros, which added to 127.1 million in Alicante dispels any mystery about the commitment of the Government of Rajoy in this regard. "
Ayala has also indicated that "the realization of projects for the Murcia-Cartagena Mediterranean Corridor connection is budgeted, whose endowment has increased in the processing of the Senate, in Lorca investment is expected to solve the railway line and nearly 9 million the removal of level crossings, which ADIF invest in the region's 750 percent more than in 2013, and is provided Reguerón Highway 12 million euros, confirming the commitment to the north and northwest of the city of arches Murcia and the knot of the A-7 with the N-30. "
Finally, the local MP has highlighted the 17.2 million euros to be invested for rail access to tailings (Cartagena), which "involve the implementation in the port city of new policies aimed at Ministry of Economic Development works coordinated with rail access ports. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla