February 2, 2024.- Representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Subdelegation of the Government in Zamora met this Friday with the local authorities of the City of Toro in order to analyze the steps that in terms of urban regulations should facilitate the establishment of the future quartering of Monte La Reina. This meeting is a new step for the advancement of this important project promoted by the Government of Spain in the province of Zamora.
The meeting was chaired by the mayor of Toro, Rafael González. On the part of the Government of Spain, the Director General of Infrastructure, Lieutenant General Luis Cebrián, the Inspector General of the Army, Lieutenant General Manuel Busquier, the Deputy Delegate of Defense in Zamora, Colonel Vicente González Martín, Colonel Joaquín Loste, and the Delegate of the Government in Zamora, Ángel Blanco, have participated. On the part of Toro City Council, the councilor for Urbanism, Antonio Muñoz, the municipal secretary, María Jesús Santiago, the municipal architect, Álvaro tapias, and the municipal engineer, José Manuel Villar, have also participated.
At the beginning of the meeting, the deputy delegate invited those present to observe a minute of silence for the death of the young Claudia Carrasco Villarroel, for which the City of Toro has decreed three days of official mourning.
Ground Army Permanent Base
The project to reactivate the facilities of the military quartering of Monte la Reina, in Toro, is progressing favourably, as the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, saw on January 18. She visited the place to learn first-hand about the progress of this plan for a future permanent base of the Spanish Army, which will be a benchmark in sustainability and energy efficiency. The reopening of the Monte la Reina quartering is planned for 2027.
The refurbishment of these infrastructures, closed since 1997, is a reference project for the Ministry of Defense, in which the most advanced state-of-the-art technologies are being applied. It will also have a very positive impact on the regional economy, as a generator of wealth and employment.