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GOVERNMENT SEEK TO PUT ALMANZORA MOTORWAY ON HOLD
An amendment tabled in the Andalusian Parliament by the United Left of Andalusia, one of the parties that form the regional government, sought the “suspension” of all contracts’ involved in the execution and operation “of the Almanzora motorway until 2016. However, the petition was published in the Official Gazette of the Andalusian Parliament on August 29, and according to the regional PP, it was “removed” last week due to strong “political and business pressures.
In IU’s amendment, required the suspension of contracts awarded by the model of public-private financing, through which it was planned to build stretches of the Almanzora motorway, many phases of which are either already in service or under construction.
The bill would also have affected a number of other projects like the highway Iznalloz-Darro.
The main argument for the decision, the United Left explains at the beginning of the amendment is “the public interest”. They state that all government obligations and contracts relating to this project are suspended with a possibility that they ‘could’ be renewed by the Governing Council of the Junta de Andalucía following further studies after January 1, 2016
When the bill was made public it aroused the indignation of many Almanzora leaders and politicians who immediately expressed their outrage.
Many of the regions’s mayors met to discuss the situation just last week at the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of Almanzora, one notable absentee being the socialist Juan Antonio Lorenzo, Mayor of Seron
However it was announced by Party sources that the amendment, submitted by the United Left, “was withdrawn” due to pressure received from “business and political leaders.” The debate continued in a mood of celebration.
It was said that in the coming days, there would be a number of protests and appeals to all social and business groups in the valley to ensure that the works, suspended for very nearly 12 months, are finally completed as a matter of some haste.
An amendment tabled in the Andalusian Parliament by the United Left of Andalusia, one of the parties that form the regional government, sought the "suspension" of all contracts’ involved in the execution and operation "of the Almanzora motorway until 2016. However, the petition was published in the Official Gazette of the Andalusian Parliament on August 29, and according to the regional PP, it was "removed" last week due to strong "political and business pressures.
In IU’s amendment, required the suspension of contracts awarded by the model of public-private financing, through which it was planned to build stretches of the Almanzora motorway, many phases of which are either already in service or under construction.
The bill would also have affected a number of other projects like the highway Iznalloz-Darro.
The main argument for the decision, the United Left explains at the beginning of the amendment is "the public interest". They state that all government obligations and contracts relating to this project are suspended with a possibility that they ‘could’ be renewed by the Governing Council of the Junta de Andalucía following further studies after January 1, 2016
When the bill was made public it aroused the indignation of many Almanzora leaders and politicians who immediately expressed their outrage.
Many of the regions’s mayors met to discuss the situation just last week at the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of Almanzora, one notable absentee being the socialist Juan Antonio Lorenzo, Mayor of Seron
However it was announced by Party sources that the amendment, submitted by the United Left, "was withdrawn" due to pressure received from “business and political leaders." The debate continued in a mood of celebration.
It was said that in the coming days, there would be a number of protests and appeals to all social and business groups in the valley to ensure that the works, suspended for very nearly 12 months, are finally completed as a matter of some haste.
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