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The Minister of Development, Ana Pastor, visited Murcia earlier this week to inspect the project to bring the AVE high speed rail infrastructure to the region.
Pastor said that the project is "95% complete", expected to be operational "at some point in 2016", and pointed out that over EU1,440 Mln has been spent on infrastructure projects throughout the region since 2012.
The Minister acknowledged that 50% of this sum was allocated for the AVE.
Whilst the agreement to bring the AVE to the region was signed back in 2006, it was also widely suggested that the proximity of one of the proposed Stations to Corvera International Airport would in fact encourage more passengers to travel by rail to and from the Airport, thereby supporting traffic at Corvera Airport.
The reality is that it is significantly more likely that International passengers will use the AVE to leave the region of Murcia to more convenient airports such as Elche-Alicante.
On the subject of Corvera Airport, Ana Pastor insisted that the National Government is committed to assisting the regional government of Murcia to ensure that the facility becomes operational "as soon as possible".
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