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Miguel Angel Castellon Chamber assists in the Summit of Mayors for the Mediterranean corridor.

The first mayor requires the Government to support the proposed Ferrmed ​​Corridor as a priority for transport.

The Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, this morning attended the Summit of Mayors in the Mediterranean to require the central government to strongly support the layout of proposed Ferrmed ​​Mediterranean Corridor and will become a major production infrastructure that will help to emerge stronger from the crisis in the country.

House has stressed during the meeting that this option represents one of the best opportunities for Spain and Europe to overcome the economic crisis and boost employment, productivity and sustainability.

Furthermore, she added that the broker will use the Mediterranean port infrastructure such as ports of Malaga, Cartagena, Alicante, Valencia and Barcelona, ​​among others.

The Mayors' Summit was attended by the first mayors of Girona, Tarragona, Barcelona, ​​Castellón, Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Almería, Granada, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca.

All have signed a Decalogue to the defense of this rail corridor, where they emphasize that it is the fastest way to get to the heart of Europe (a savings of up to 500 kilometers from any other option), the most compact of those in Spain and along which the most traffic of goods of the Iberian peninsula, and has the greatest growth potential and impact on the competitiveness of the whole of Spain.

The Mayor stressed that the twelve provincial capitals in the Mediterranean Basin, we are committed to work together with economic, social and business and government at European, national and regional authorities on a common strategy for progress and prosperity for all Europe.

The Mediterranean Corridor is a matter of States and should be reality in the shortest time possible to ensure the competitiveness and cohesion of European regions.

House, who returns to the Summit to attend the funeral mass by the Mayor of Yecla, Juan Miguel Benedito Rodriguez also explained that the construction of the corridor would be reduced by nearly 800,000 tons of annual CO2 emissions, a priority action in the fight against climate change.

In addition, as part of the Great Axis Ferrmed, uniting the two most important fronts port of Europe (North Sea and Western Mediterranean), has great strategic value to the European Union.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia