The bypass of the A-7, the high speed between Madrid y Valencia and the Cercanías C1 and C2 lines -partially- rwill resume service as from Wednesday, November 13.This will “significantly improve” the mobility of Valencian citizens, after the DANA which devastated numerous municipalities in the province of Valencia.
This was announced this Saturday by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaskaat a press conference in which he explained what he has learned about thes progress in the area of infrastructuresafter participating in the meeting of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi). In particular, he recalled that this Friday was opened the N-3 and this Sunday will open the N-330at kilometer 194, between the towns of Utiel (Valencia) and Talayuelas (Cuenca). In addition, the reopening of other key roads for mobility is expected for next week.
In this way, between Wednesday and Thursday of next week -13 or 14 November- it is expected that the A-7 bypass is expected to be activated. The same dates are estimated to reestablish the Madrid-València high speed. “I think they are reasonably satisfactory news taking into account the difficult moment that Valencia is going through,” he said.
As for the lines of Cercaníasthe minister also explained that as of next Wednesday it is foreseen that partial circulation will be resumed on line C1. -which originally runs from Gandia to Valencia. From November 13, circulation will be established between Gandia and Silla, and vice versa, with a frequency of half an hour. To reach the Valencian capital, a complementary bus service will be established between Silla and Valencia.
“As soon as possible”
For its part, line C2 -which previously ran between Moixent and Valencia- will recover one partial circulationalso on Wednesday, November 13, between Moixent and Carcaixent, with a frequency of one hour; as well as between Xàtiva and Carcaixent, “where the joint frequency in this section will be half an hour”.
In the case of weekends, for line C2, the frequency from Moixent to Carcaixent will be two hours.while “the joint frequency in this half-hour section between Xàtiva and Carcaixent will be maintained. Throughout the week a complementary bus service will be established, which will travel from Carcaixent to Valencia. “The Ministry of Transportfrom the outset, undertook to restore as soon as possible the normality of the fundamental roads to enhance the mobility of all Valencians,” said Marlaska.
On the other hand, the minister has explained that they have asked the Generalitat that, “as soon as possible”, send a list of the roads that are the responsibility of the Generalitat itselfThe Generalitat de Valencia, the Diputación de Valencia or the municipalities, with detailed damage to “intervene all together, coordinated in such important work as is the road infrastructure”.
To this end, he has detailed, the Royal Decree-Law approved by the Government in the last Council of Ministers on Tuesday, enabled the Ministry of Transport to “to intervene in the rehabilitation of the affected roads”. which are locally owned. “The state ones have advanced quickly with a 24-hour work, as was appropriate, and we understand that we have to complete this framework with the local ones as soon as possible,” he stressed.
On the other hand, he pointed out that the Government, at the request of the Generalitat, has activated the European Mechanism for Civil Protection, “to be able to respond to the needs of the local population.important to be able to respond and have all the means offered by the European Union. European Union so that this emergency can advance its recovery in an ostensible way, especially in terms of waste removal and the removal and management of sludge, which is so important for multiple reasons”.
In this regard, he pointed out that the Emergency Directorate -the Generalitat- and the Director General of Civil Protection and Emergencies are working to “fix the needs”.something that “has to be defined by the Emergency Management itself”, to specify “what is needed and how it is needed”.
Marlaska has stressed that they have contacted France, who has offered a “significant number” of troops, which has been estimated at 280, and more than 40 vehicles, all “for a period of 12 days”. In addition, they will be extended with the troops and means that other countries have shown willingness to offer.