Overview
- Ateval hosted a business session in Ontinyent linked to AVE’s #QuieroCorredor movement, bringing officials and industry together to review progress and local rail needs.
- Government commissioner Josep Vicent Boira outlined a schedule that completes the corridor to Almería in 2027 and begins the final phase in 2028, noting capacity upgrades underway at La Encina.
- Boira urged municipalities and businesses to agree on one intermodal node for the central comarcas, with Vallada’s Valpark and Villena under consideration and a feasibility study recommended.
- An advisor to #QuieroCorredor pointed out that Alicante is the only province without a decided intermodal station, highlighting a planning gap.
- Local leaders called for unity and faster delivery, with Ontinyent’s mayor citing mobility shortfalls that hinder students and competitiveness and participants urging the national government to accelerate works.