Just as happened with the expansion of the port of València, Compromís now opposes the expansion of the Manises airport. In the midst of the debate about the tourism model and its impact on the territory, the coalition deputy in Congress Àgueda Micó demanded this Wednesday that the Government not approve the expansion of the capacity of the València-Manises airport planned before next September 30.
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The Compromís parliamentarian has denounced that this expansion is intended to be approved without expanding services and without evaluating its consequences on l’Horta Sud and the entire metropolitan area of València: “We are not just talking about cement, runways or the economic interests of Aena. We are talking about the lives of the people of l’Horta Sud and the entire metropolitan area of València,” she said.
A message that highlights the position of the Valencianist formation around a key infrastructure whose expansion has generated an interesting debate. Both entrepreneurs and the Generalitat Valenciana demand more capacity in the face of the increase in travelers, an argument that, as happened with the port expansion, the Government shares. Not so its partners.
In this line, Micó warned that the expected increase in annual passengers in the airport’s capacity “will mean greater pressure on infrastructures and public services that would not be expanded in parallel.” “More passengers without expanding the services they use means more Metrovalencia congestion, more traffic jams on the roads, more tension in our public services and, of course, more noise and more unwanted effects of tourism: more tourist housing and less for families,” she denounced.
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Let’s hope that a government that calls itself progressive does not approve this atrocity
Àgueda Micó, Compromís deputy
Therefore, the Compromís deputy has demanded that Pedro Sánchez’s Executive halt the planned expansion and open a dialogue process with the Generalitat, the affected municipalities and the neighbors of l’Horta Sud before making any decision. “Let’s hope that a government that calls itself progressive does not approve, at a time of housing and climate crisis, this atrocity.”
Compromís has notable support in the metropolitan area of València and next year municipal and regional elections are scheduled.
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