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Vigo Mayor Pushes Xunta for €25 Million After Tunnel Budget Climbs to €31 Million

The mayor demands the same 80 percent formula after months of heritage-driven document delays ahead of funding talks today.

Caballero y Allegue, minutos antes de comenzar la comisión, con representantes de Concello y Xunta.
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Overview

  • Mayor Abel Caballero has pegged the Porta do Sol–Torrecedeira tunnel’s total cost at €31 million and formally asked the Xunta de Galicia for €25 million, echoing A Coruña’s 80 percent funding precedent.
  • The regional government initially offered €7 million and Conselleira María Martínez Allegue told officials that the Patrimonio Histórico permit will likely be granted this month.
  • Xunta representatives proposed financing 38 percent of the tunnel, matching their contribution to A Coruña’s O Parrote and La Marina projects.
  • The PP of Vigo has called on Caballero to attend today’s bilateral infrastructure commission with genuine intent to negotiate funding for both the Elduayen and Beiramar tunnels.
  • Caballero also outlined plans for a broader commission including state bodies, Puertos del Estado, Adif, the Port of Vigo and Zona Franca to coordinate a maritime front project from Bouzas to Redondela.