Normal. This is the word that best describes the operation of the Alcoy, Benidorm, Torrevieja, Villena, Redován and Orihuela Technical Vehicle Inspection (ITV) stations, which started public administration after the turnaround promoted by the Ministry of Economy. The service was uneventful this Monday, with no queues being recorded, so Consell, who has booked appointments to avoid problems, has decided to resume the usual rhythm this week. Meanwhile, the regional department is preparing the second and final phase of the turnaround, which will affect Alicante and Elche stations next Monday.
It was last Friday that half of the stations in the community completed their contracts to go into the hands of Valencian ITV Society (Sitval), a public company that will henceforth take over its management. Thus, with regard to the province of Alicante, during the day on Saturday Alcoy, Benidorm, Torrevieja and Villena stations remained closed so technicians from the Institute for Business Competitiveness (Ivace) would personally show up to verify everything was right. The public administration was released this Monday with an operation within the framework of normalization after this process.
In Redován and Orihuela, the Ministry of Economy started leasing warehouses and equipment., because until now they were owned by the concessionaires. The mobile units of Elda, Novelda and Pilar de la Horadada, which are also affiliated with the same companies, are in the same situation. In these cases, the service was provided without any problems, as the stations were not closed on Saturday.
Sitval’s chairman, Josep Antoni Albert, emphasizes that the turnaround was uneventful, and that after several weeks of little or no cooperation, “companies are eventually following the rules in general, with some exceptions”. We will have to analyze They left facilities and supplies as requested». Albert also points out that, given how the process has developed, appointments that were interrupted in the first days with the expectation of problems will return to their normal rhythm this week. “If it can be the same Wednesday, it’s better than Thursday,” emphasizes the Sitval chairman.
Meanwhile, the company is making preparations for the second part of the comeback, which will affect Alicante and Elche stations.. Contracts expire next Friday and, as in the first phase, it will remain closed on Saturday and kick off public administration on Monday, March 6.
For his part, Ricardo Pérez, president of the Valencia Community ITV Association of Concessionaires (Aecova), indeed denounced it. The transfer of the newly built stations to the Ministry has not been made officially.. In his own words, “Contrary to what has been said, no one from the Administration has come to hold the reception or bequeath the facilities, so we are now in an abnormal situation.” This fact led, in his particular case, to sign a written exception, as the owner of the Villena station, “to warn that we are no longer responsible for the station as the management is no longer ours”.
However, Josep Antoni Albert emphasizes that the publicly traded company complies with the protocol and all pending fringes will be resolved in the coming weeks.
Economy takes on 470 workers of the province
The Ministry of Economy will have taken over 1,200 workers as a whole, of which 470 serve at Community stations, corresponding to the state of Alicante, next week, when returns are completely exhausted. Initially the same working and salary conditions are respected, but over time they will have to adapt to the public sector. Minister Rafa Climent, citing criticism from concessionaires in recent months, expressed his satisfaction with the way the first part of the comeback was run: « those who predicted chaos have now confirmed that nothing is far from reality. The only problem is that they stop making the money they take to provide the service.