Almería's Full Council demands deadlines from the Government for the AVE and the underground railway

The Almería City Council wants answers with a date from the Government of Spain. The Plenary has approved a motion from the Municipal People's Group that calls for specifying the pending commitments to the city on rail, roads, beaches and other actions. The initiative passed with the votes of PP and Vox, while Psoe and Podemos-IU-Los Verdes por Almería voted against. The approved text affects matters that have been on the table for years. On rail, it calls for the deadlines for the arrival of High Speed, the rail actions and the undergrounding to be specified and updated. It also asks the Government to open an effective dialogue with the City Council on the future of the old station and the land linked to integrating the train into the city. On roads, the plenary agreement demands progress on improvements to the connections via the A-7 motorway and on the direct connection of the Port of Almería with that road, which the motion considers strategic for mobility, logistics activity and the economy of the city and the province.

The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge is asked for information on the planning and deadlines of the recovery and regeneration actions for the beaches of Almería, including the sand contributions that the City Council has requested to curb coastal erosion. The motion adds other demands: the connection of the seafront promenades across the mouth of the Andarax river, the recovery and enhancement of the Casa Fuerte de la Cruceta and the actions related to the relocation of the experimental estate of the Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA-CSIC). The spokesperson for the Government Team, Sacra Sánchez, defended the initiative and stated that «after eight years of a socialist Government, Almería is still waiting for fundamental actions for its development». Sánchez also reproached the Psoe for not demanding from its own party the same level of information and transparency that it demands from the municipal Government team, and criticized that the General State Budgets remain extended since 2023, which, in her view, prevents knowing the investment priorities. The motion does not set deadlines or a schedule of actions by the City Council: it is a request to the central Executive, according to what the Consistorio has reported.