Manuela Beregerot, spokesperson for Más Madrid in the Assembly, has described as “nonsense” the plan announced by the Government to expand the Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas airport. Bergerot has urged the Executive to reconsider the project and direct the funds destined for it to invest in Renfe to “guarantee the ecological transition that the region needs.”
From the plenary session of Más Madrid city, the politician has stated that “Madrid does not need an investment of these dimensions”, arguing that the Barajas airport is already one of the most relevant at the European level. “I want to be extremely clear with this: it is an environmental nonsense,” the politician stressed in reference to the announcement made yesterday by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
Beregerot, who is also the co-spokesperson for Más Madrid in the region, has assured that the city needs investments to be dedicated to improving the public railway company “without a doubt.” Beregerot has pointed out Renfe as one of the key companies so that the autonomous community can adapt to a greener future.
The largest infrastructure investment of the decade
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, highlighted this Monday the importance of the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport expansion project, which constitutes the “largest investment in the last decade” in airport infrastructure with 2.4 billion euros allocated to the project. Sánchez affirmed that the value of this initiative will “Trascience” the Spanish borders and will allow a “strong growth” in capacity and routes at this airport, ASXYXE ation of thousands of direct and indirect jobs, which leads to “generation of wealth.”
The President of the Government pointed out that Barajas generates, today, “nothing more and nothing less than almost 10% of the GDP of the Community of Madrid”, a figure that “will grow significantly” when the work is completed. Furthermore, he has stressed that the leadership of this hub with Latin America will be strengthened and the “ambition” will be developed for it to also be a connecting hub with Asia, attracting new routes and airlines that operate to this continent. With all this, he has assured that this expansion will allow reaching 90 million passengers by 2031, according to the forecast, 28% more.
