The president of the Cabildo, Pedro Martín, affirmed yesterday that the Southern train project “still has many unknowns” and “many shortcomings.” “First, we don’t know how much money the Cabildo would have to put up, so it’s difficult to be able to put up an item; secondly, no one has said if that money that is going to arrive how much we should distribute among the administrations, because what is clear is that Europe is not going to pay for the two trains proposed in Gran Canaria and Tenerife. And thirdly, that project, which some say is about to start now, there is no land disposal and there is no environmental impact assessment, and, with a project as complex as this one”, that process can take a long time.
“Apart from the inconsistencies of CC, now as they believe they can wear down the Government they jump on the train,” criticized Martín.
Along these lines, the island councilor for Roads and Mobility, Enrique Arriaga, stated that “I do not believe at all in the will of the CC or the PP because throughout the legislature they have been playing cat and mouse with this issue.” “It is clear that the opposition that has been carried out by the PP and CC is not sincere at all, it is simply trying to cloud the work of the Government and trying to find conflict where there is none.”
Arriaga responded in this way after being questioned about whether he will support the motions that the CC and PP have announced that they will present to the next plenary session to support and raise funds for this project. “I can’t say anything at all about something I haven’t seen because many statements have been made but I haven’t seen any of the motions yet, when I see them I will take the meaning of the vote,” he said.
