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They present the budget with their income for 2012."A few months after arriving at La Moncloa, Zapatero announced: the arrival of the AVE to León ; the constructions of the Congress Palace and the great parador of Villablino; the renovation of the Hostal de San Marcos ; the highway connection of the city with Valladolid ; and a narrow gauge railway branch to link the university area with the center. Eight years later, none of these projects have been released yet, nor will they be carried out in the short term . This has been reported to El Confidencial Digital by authorized voices from the León city council, which recently contacted the new Government of Mariano Rajoy to find out if the improvements promised by Zapatero were going to be enforced. The Executive's response, according to the same sources, was forceful: " There is no money to carry out any of these works ." The AVE, the great promise Of all the projects announced by the former president of the Government, the one that generated the most expectation among residents was the arrival of high speed: “It was an old demand of León and it seemed closer to being realized than ever, but in the end it has not been like that. ", they comment in the Leonese town hall.
In July 2004, Zapatero guaranteed, after a Council of Ministers held in León, the construction of an AVE line that would connect Valladolid with León passing through Palencia, with an investment of 424 million euros and whose works would be completed Qatar Mobile Number List by 2008. The forecasts were not met due to budget cuts in Development, and Minister José Blanco had to deny the president by delaying the forecasts to 2009 and then to 2011. The project was never carried out . Sources from the León city council consulted by ECD explain that Minister Ana Pastor has conveyed to the council that the works will be delayed until at least 2014: “ The coffers have been left in such a way that the infrastructure must be delayed in time ,” she assured. the team of the Minister of Public Works. The highway to Valladolid, also paralyzed A situation similar to that of the AVE is currently affecting the announced A-60 highway that would connect León with Valladolid. The municipal government explains that Rodríguez Zapatero promised that the road would be inaugurated in 2010. However, the project remains up in the air at present, since the works have not been completed: “ Fomento has assured that the route was much less advanced than as expected, so it will not be ready until 2015 at the earliest .
The rest of the projects, 'sine die' The sources consulted by this newspaper explain that the rest of the projects promised by the former president of the Government have been absolutely ruled out by the new Government. Its implementation is postponed 'sine die': “ They have become a dead letter ”, summary. The Ministry of Industry has ruled out carrying out the renovation of the “Hostal de San Marcos” , with a budget of 50 million euros, and will not build the new Villablino parador either. Regarding the narrow gauge railway branch that would connect the center to the university area, FEVE, has been forced to reformulate the project, due to the lack of investment: “ It had been unemployed for eight years and other solutions are going to be looked for because it is clear that It is not going to be carried out .” From the city council of León they conclude that, of the projects announced by the former president, only the construction of the Congress Palace has been saved: “The works are progressing and could be completed within a year. Zapatero, just before leaving, approved a state investment of more than 20 million to protect the works and thus try to compensate for unfulfilled promises to the neighbors.