The mayor of Elda,Rubén Alfaro, met this morning in Madrid withJulián Lopez Milla, Secretary General for Infrastructure of theMinistry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda. The first mayor of Eldense has presented the candidacy of Elda to house theLogistics Activity Zone(ZAL) or dry port of the Mediterranean Corridor in the region ofVinalopó. Alfaro has argued that “business concentration, the fact of being the largest population center in the region and its proximity to the main communication networks in the province, make us an excellent bet for the location of the dry port in ourregionSpecifically, in the vicinity of the Monóvar-Pinoso train station, within the municipality of Elda. An infrastructure for which the municipalities of Novelda and Villena are also applying.
600,000 square meters
During the meeting, Rubén Alfaro also highlighted that “at the levelenvironmental, the selected location is in arisk free zoneand that it does not affect any protected space. In addition, it is far from the urban nucleus, so that the neighbors will not be affected by the possibleacoustic shockof the station “. In addition, the mayor of Elda has valued the firm decision of the City Council to” bet on the growth of ourindustrial estatesand for this, as we announced a few days ago, we are going to expand by more than 600,000 square meters theindustrial flooring available, turning Elda and the nearby municipalities into a logistical reference point, aims at the economic growth of Elda and the region, the arrival of newBusinessand the generation ofjob“
Castle restoration
Another issue discussed is the proposal of the local government to address the rehabilitation and restoration of Elda Castle through the program of the1.5% Culturalpromoted by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda. “We intend to value thecultureand thetraditionsElda because they are priorities for the City Council. For this reason, funding has been sought to restore the Castle Barbican, emblem of our city. With this initiative, we intend to makevisitablethe castle and therefore increase itstourist attractionand its cultural value. “
Improvements on the A-31 motorway
During the meeting, in which he has also been presentAlejandro Soler, Socialist deputy for the province of Alicante, the mayor of Elda has started the commitment of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda to accelerate the projects to improve the sections of the A-31 that are in worse conditions due to changes in grade and drainage problems. The mayor has transferred that the section in which thesplittingis the one betweenMonforte and Elda. In addition, Rubén Alfaro has once again requested the expansion of the third lane in the Elda-Monforte section, a work of significant amount but which is essential for the economic development of the area. The Ministry has promised to study all these proposals to include them in itsBudgets.
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