The Valencian Community want to that his ports are connected in 2015 by roads of European width
22 February 2012
Beside Carlos Eleno have participated in the table Federico Félix, president of Pro-BIRD; Juan Camera, vice-president of Ferrmed; Rafael Aznar, president of the Port authority of Valencia; and Juan José Monzonís, president of the Port authority of Castellón.
In his intervention, Eleno has showed the strategic geographic situation that positions to the ports of the Comunitat in a very privileged situation, “by what have to pipe the increase of commodities in the ports and do it of the most efficient way“thanks to the Mediterranean Runner.
Eleno Has remembered that in the next decade the road transport will keep on being the essential element of the logistical chain.”We have to take into account that we are a peripheral country and are necessary political centroeuropeas to be able to join and coordinate the road transport, port and rail”.
In the actuality, the traffic of commodities by railway industry situates in the three percent, very underneath of the 17 percent of the European average. However, Eleno has recognised that, although the aim to reach this figure is ambitious, “is really possible”.
Besides, has explained that once attained the inclusion of the Mediterranean Runner in the Basic Network European like project prioritario, the following steps to be followed they are the elimination of the necks of bottle Valencia-Castellón-Tarragona and the urgency in the connection in international width.
So that this was effective, Eleno has resaltado the need to carry out a signaling and control of traffic, give priority to the international trains and that exist some conditions equitativas between all the operators.
To finalise, has commented that even in stages of slow economic recovery, “fits to expect the duplication of the total demand of the transport in the border to final of the decade”. Thus, “it is indispensable that the railway industry reach the European average, improve the navigation to short distance and bet by the intermodalidad”.
