2023-06-23 00:00:00
The Chamber of Barcelona identifies priority infrastructure projects in Catalonia
The Chamber of Barcelona has presented an analysis where it identifies twenty projects that it considers to be a priority for its development in the 2030/40 horizon, including infrastructures such as high-speed rail access to Girona airport and the Camp de Camp intermodal station. Tarragona, the intermodal station of La Sagrera or the central section of line 9 of the Barcelona Metro, among others.
(22/06/2023)
As stated in this report, Catalonia requires an accumulated investment of 50,900 million euros to deploy the necessary transport infrastructures in accordance with the needs of the region. This analysis identifies twenty priority projects for the 2030 horizon that will help achieve this goal.
Notable among them are the La Sagrera intermodal station, the splitting of the R3 to Vic, the construction of the central section of line 9 of the Barcelona Metro, actions in the freight transport network such as the construction of intermodal terminals and the Mediterranean Corridor. in international width. Another of the works that they consider key is the high-speed rail access to the Girona airport and the Camp de Tarragona intermodal station.
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Regarding the Cercanas network, they recall that the development of the second phase of the Cercanas Plan (2020-2030) is essential and requires cooperation between the State and the Generalitat of Catalonia. Another action that they consider necessary in the 2030 horizon is the construction of interchanges to create a network that increases the share of public transport in metropolitan mobility.
The estimated total investment by the Generalitat of Catalonia to make this network possible in the 2030 horizon would be 1,440 million euros, while the item allocated to the interchanges and `park&ride` would be situated at 885 million euros.
Likewise, they emphasize that in the long term, it is important to start studying the new projects that they will have by 2040 to achieve climate neutrality in 2050. Among them they mention the third suburban tunnel and the new tunnel to connect Valls and Barcelona. On this horizon, the estimated investment by the State is 5,600 million euros and nine hundred by the Generalitat.
The Chamber of Barcelona also sees it necessary to broaden the focus beyond the Barcelona metropolitan area, for example, with increases in capacity on the lines that run in a single track (Manresa, Igualada) to create a new system of regional services that connect to the medium-sized Catalan cities with the country’s main transport networks and nodes.
A Mediterranean Corridor that will be limited
Regarding the Mediterranean Corridor, a series of projects associated with this corridor have been identified, such as the completion of the extensions of the ports of Barcelona and Tarragona and the construction of new intermodal terminals, with an investment of 1,975 million euros for the period 2025. -2030. In this sense, they consider it essential to transform conventional lines to international gauge to channel freight trains, with the Mollet-Portbou axis as a priority, and separate them from passenger services.
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