The Council of Ministers, at its meeting today, has authorized the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma) to tender, through Adif AV, the construction of the last stretch of platform of the Murcia-Almería High-Speed Line (LAV), as it passes through the city of Lorca, with an estimated value of 400 million euros (VAT not included).
This is the railway action with the greatest investment promoted so far in Murcia, consisting of the execution of a 2.9 km tunnel and the new Lorca-Sutulena station. In addition, it represents a decisive boost to the construction of the LAV, the strategic axis of the Mediterranean Corridor.
With this tender, the 17 sections in which the platform of this line is structured, whether in the contracting phase, execution or finalized, are already in progress.
Railway integration and new station
The action will mean a transformation for Lorca, since it promotes the integration of the railway in the city and its permeability, eliminating six steps at level, generating new spaces and providing it with modern and sustainable railway connections. It will also promote this mode of transport, both for long-distance trips and for commuters, and intermodality, as the new terminal is located next to a bus station.
The project involves building the 3.2 km of the LAV as it passes through Lorca, mostly through a tunnel (2.9 km), in the space now occupied by the conventional Murcia Goods-Águilas line.
In the center of this stretch, the new Lorca-Sutulena station will be enabled, with the underground tracks and platforms -two side platforms for high-speed trains and another central for neighbourhoods - and a passenger building on the surface, as a result of the integration of the historic building, which the performance preserves and puts in value, with a newly built area.
Impulse to the Mediterranean Corridor
Lorca is one more link in the chain, in which Mitma is mobilizing an estimated investment of 3.5 billion in the new LAV Murcia-Almería which, in addition to being the first direct between both cities, is the strategic axis of the Mediterranean Corridor.
This action contributes to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 9, which promotes reliable, sustainable and quality infrastructures; 11 (inclusive cities); 7 (sustainability) and 8 (economic development and job creation).
European funding
This action may be co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). A way to make Europe.