Below is an article from today's edition of "El Espanol" newspaper - translated by me. This all sounds more hopful, if a little unambitious, but as always there's no mention of where the money is coming from.
Definitive step to transform mobility in Malaga: more Cercanías, more bikes, fewer cars
The Junta de Andalucía gave the green light this Tuesday to the Metropolitan Transport Plan for the Malaga Area, with the aim of 'removing' 52,000 vehicles from the roads.
The roadmap with the Government of Andalusia definitely wants to start to win the game against the private car, expanding the horizons of public transport, it sees the light. After several years of processing, the Government Council finally approved this Tuesday the draft decree approving the Metropolitan Transport Plan for the Malaga Area.
A strategic document in the planning of how the capital of the Costa del Sol and its closest geographical environment will move, as well as the solutions to be promoted so that the movement of a population of nearly 1 million people is done through sustainable means. .
Although it is essential to wait for theory to give way to facts, the administrative step that is now being formalized represents a leap of obvious significance. Taking the objectives set as a reference, the aim is that at least 25% of the trips made in this conurbation have public transport as the protagonist. To which add 5% by bike. All of this, according to estimates, could take about 52,000 vehicles off the roads in 2030.
But how to achieve this goal? The drafts and previous documents of the metropolitan plan clearly mark the line to follow, highlighting the need for public administrations to assume a significant economic effort. Proof of this is that the set of actions and infrastructures compiled have a materialization cost of around 509 million euros.
Among the first actions marked in the previous planning, the construction of a BRT (Bus Rapid Transit), a type of tram on wheels, from the downtown area of Malaga to El Palo stands out, with an estimated cost of 27.3 million.
Likewise, it is proposed to extend the Cercanías train lines, C-1 and C-2, from Alameda Station to Plaza de la Marina. The operation, long demanded by, among others, the mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, is estimated at almost 34.4 million.
Its development has a clear path because during the construction phase of the Metro branch that reaches Alameda, the infrastructure was prepared to put enough space under the suburban tunnel to advance in the potential extension of the Cercanías.
It is also proposed to invest around 1.8 million in the construction of a shuttle that runs from the area of the Civil Hospital, where the underground Metro is expected to arrive at the end of 2027, to the Ciudad Jardín area.
A similar action, with an expenditure of 33.8 million, is being handled to link the last urban railway station to the expansion of the University and the Andalusian Technology Park (PTA).
Road actions
The plan also specifies actions in road matters. One of them is of marked interest for the capital of the Costa del Sol, since it would allow direct access from the western ring road to the bus station through Adolfo Suárez Boulevard.
This is the name given to the avenue partially built on the land reclaimed after the burying of the train tracks. This axis could require around 13.3 million euros. In order to advance this initiative, authorization from the central government is required in advance.
The largest economic sums correspond to the expansion of the A-387 highway to Fuengirola, with a value of 45.9 million; 158 million are proposed for improving relations in the western area through the doubling of line C-1, including the Fuengirola-Los Boliches section and increasing the frequency of the Cercanías line. Another 41 million are proposed for access to the Churriana/Airport area through a distributor road; 17.3 million for a connection from the A-357 to the PTA.
The work also pays special attention to the creation of a network of park and ride facilities, among which one in the west zone valued at 71.6 million stands out.
And the metropolitan cycling connection is estimated at 16.3 million, including sections such as Rincón de la Victoria-Málaga, Cártama-Parque Tecnológico-Málaga or Alhaurín de la Torre-Campanillas.
The distribution of the investment, according to the initial documents, left the majority of the contribution in the hands of the Board, with 337,287,953. This is followed by the Ministry of Transportation, with 44.3 million; the Provincial Council, with 44.3 million; the town councils, with 29.7 million, and state organizations such as Adif and Renfe, with 54 million.
Definitive step to transform mobility in Malaga: more Cercanías, more bikes, fewer cars
The Junta de Andalucía gave the green light this Tuesday to the Metropolitan Transport Plan for the Malaga Area, with the aim of 'removing' 52,000 vehicles from the roads.
The roadmap with the Government of Andalusia definitely wants to start to win the game against the private car, expanding the horizons of public transport, it sees the light. After several years of processing, the Government Council finally approved this Tuesday the draft decree approving the Metropolitan Transport Plan for the Malaga Area.
A strategic document in the planning of how the capital of the Costa del Sol and its closest geographical environment will move, as well as the solutions to be promoted so that the movement of a population of nearly 1 million people is done through sustainable means. .
Although it is essential to wait for theory to give way to facts, the administrative step that is now being formalized represents a leap of obvious significance. Taking the objectives set as a reference, the aim is that at least 25% of the trips made in this conurbation have public transport as the protagonist. To which add 5% by bike. All of this, according to estimates, could take about 52,000 vehicles off the roads in 2030.
But how to achieve this goal? The drafts and previous documents of the metropolitan plan clearly mark the line to follow, highlighting the need for public administrations to assume a significant economic effort. Proof of this is that the set of actions and infrastructures compiled have a materialization cost of around 509 million euros.
Among the first actions marked in the previous planning, the construction of a BRT (Bus Rapid Transit), a type of tram on wheels, from the downtown area of Malaga to El Palo stands out, with an estimated cost of 27.3 million.
Likewise, it is proposed to extend the Cercanías train lines, C-1 and C-2, from Alameda Station to Plaza de la Marina. The operation, long demanded by, among others, the mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, is estimated at almost 34.4 million.
Its development has a clear path because during the construction phase of the Metro branch that reaches Alameda, the infrastructure was prepared to put enough space under the suburban tunnel to advance in the potential extension of the Cercanías.
It is also proposed to invest around 1.8 million in the construction of a shuttle that runs from the area of the Civil Hospital, where the underground Metro is expected to arrive at the end of 2027, to the Ciudad Jardín area.
A similar action, with an expenditure of 33.8 million, is being handled to link the last urban railway station to the expansion of the University and the Andalusian Technology Park (PTA).
Road actions
The plan also specifies actions in road matters. One of them is of marked interest for the capital of the Costa del Sol, since it would allow direct access from the western ring road to the bus station through Adolfo Suárez Boulevard.
This is the name given to the avenue partially built on the land reclaimed after the burying of the train tracks. This axis could require around 13.3 million euros. In order to advance this initiative, authorization from the central government is required in advance.
The largest economic sums correspond to the expansion of the A-387 highway to Fuengirola, with a value of 45.9 million; 158 million are proposed for improving relations in the western area through the doubling of line C-1, including the Fuengirola-Los Boliches section and increasing the frequency of the Cercanías line. Another 41 million are proposed for access to the Churriana/Airport area through a distributor road; 17.3 million for a connection from the A-357 to the PTA.
The work also pays special attention to the creation of a network of park and ride facilities, among which one in the west zone valued at 71.6 million stands out.
And the metropolitan cycling connection is estimated at 16.3 million, including sections such as Rincón de la Victoria-Málaga, Cártama-Parque Tecnológico-Málaga or Alhaurín de la Torre-Campanillas.
The distribution of the investment, according to the initial documents, left the majority of the contribution in the hands of the Board, with 337,287,953. This is followed by the Ministry of Transportation, with 44.3 million; the Provincial Council, with 44.3 million; the town councils, with 29.7 million, and state organizations such as Adif and Renfe, with 54 million.