in the big ones infrastructure Rarely does everything go as planned. But when Technical difficulties are added to institutional paralysis, The calendar can only be expanded by months. This is also the case with the efforts made to bring it. Atlantic Corridor Delivery of goods to Vigo, where the estimates of the Infrastructure Manager (Adif) point to the tender andActions worth 200 million Euros will start in the second half of 2023. However, delays in the completion of the previous section and the slowdown in investments while the Government was established caused these plans to be suspended.
Renfe announced this week that the deadline will be extended until 2020. Alternative Transport Plan between Ourense and Monforte de Lemos, in April The line was interrupted for eleven months for a comprehensive renovation and adaptation to High Speed and the requirements of this corridor, Trans-European Transport Network.
On July 28, Adif had already postponed its planned opening for that summer in order to “expand the openings in tunnels and overpasses”, but the complexity of the orography postponed the work plan for these once again. 46 kilometers. In this wayAlvia passengers connecting Vigo and Barcelona and Media Distancia between Guixar station and Ponferrada (RE 12608) must continue to suffer double transfer You can reach both cities in just over an hour by combining train, bus and train.
The adaptation of the infrastructure (including line, electrification and signaling), with an investment of more than 24.3 million euros, gives continuity to the improvements carried out between Monforte and Lugo, which will allow high speed to be brought to the walled city. traditional line.
Therefore, until this section is put into service Adif will not continue to “untie the knot”, the nineteenth-century Miño line (810 on your network) so far vigo. According to the Manager’s Network Statement, work will be carried out this year. as Neves and Redondela and between Porriño and GuillareAs a result, by cutting the line i.
Additionally, a comprehensive renovation of the station’s infrastructure vigo, circle it And Arcadian The only non-electrified section (between Vigo and Pontevedra) was planned to start in 2024.hence they will undergo changes in planning.
Slowdown in tenders
After months of intense activity, the contracting desks of different public organizations are now suffering from an election and budget hangover. In the first nine months of the year Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA) increased its tenders by 48 percent On the eve of municipal, regional and general elections, Raquel Sánchez Jiménez’s department and various organizations affiliated with it put an end to these processes due to the lack of government or clarity of the political future.
last April Official Journal of the European Union developed Five contracts worth 100 million euros within the scope of Atlantic Corridor planning and Vigo will benefit from it; to be maximum date is 30 June. none to date It was put out to tender, and even went out to tender.
Most importantly it was dedicated to: 94.5 kilometers between Ourense and Guillarei, where 40 million euros will be allocated for “adaptation of the useful park length to 750 metres” andNew security systems in accordance with the operation Maximum speed is 160 kilometers per hour.
This situation is repeated in three other contracts, where the CJEU set 31 December as the final publication date. The most important of these concerns the comprehensive renewal of the infrastructure and line between Guillarei and Redondela stations. 30,721,918.62 euros.
1) Complexity in work
The comprehensive renovation of the line between Ourense and Monforte de Lemos due to technical problems causes the work on the Miño line to be postponed.
2) Tenders are pending
Approximately 200 million euros in 11 contracts related to the Atlantic Corridor and conventional rail are expected by Adif and the Government to be able to put them out to tender from this summer.
Agreement regarding these The 26 kilometers past Mos and Porriño will take 23 months and include a small bypass in the town Viaducts were built to prevent trains coming from the north having to turn back. A similar contract has been initiated to ensure the continuity of the Port of Vigo and the Guixar station, but in this case for ten kilometers and a period of fifteen months in the amount of 25.393 million Euros.
This paralysis in investments is also Vig Free Trade Zone Consortiumor – in temporary operation since the resignation of current MP David Regades – or Vigo Port Authority Until Carlos Botana came to the presidency.
If on the opposite side Vigo’s southern railway exitHis informative work was awarded in May with an 18-month completion time.
68,000 Renfe bonds in Galicia await PGE
According to data provided by Renfe this Monday, the public operator 68,455 free tickets to Media Distancia, Metric Gauge Cercanías and Avant coupons for travel 50% off In Galicia from 1 September to 31 December 2023.
These travel titles thus maintain the average number of users from previous quarters and expect to know their future in the coming year. agreement between the government PSOE and Sumar points out that the use of public transportation will continue to be encouraged and especially the railway, but both users and experts are betting on it introduce changes in the current system.
In any case, a simple Extension of General Budgets the applicable State permits an extension of this period. 2024.