Overview

• On August 5–6, Xunta de Galicia pressed for the formal submission of the Elduayen tunnel project and a pending environmental report on a protected olive tree before releasing its €18 million funding.
• Vigo’s Concello insists it already sent the 'solicitud-informe' on the Catalog of singular trees–protected olive tree and is still awaiting any official response on both permits and financing.
• Ana Ortiz, the Xunta’s territorial delegate in Vigo, accused Mayor Abel Caballero’s administration of misleading residents by failing to obtain the necessary authorizations for work affecting the centenary tree.
• Carlos López Font, the municipal spokesperson, countered that the regional government has effectively paralyzed the tunnel extension since 2022 and has not issued any formal communication on its investment.
• After heritage approval on July 30 conditioned on archaeological safeguards and detailed designs, this latest exchange of mutual accusations has kept the long-planned tunnel link intended to ease Vigo’s traffic congestion at a standstill.