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.