The Secretary of State for Transport and Sustainable Mobility, José Antonio Santano, revealed yesterday (Wednesday) an agreement reached with the Canary Islands Government, as well as the Cabildos of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, to establish a working group to “analyse” the feasibility and integration of the islands into the railway network for sustainable mobility and to ease traffic problems.
In the meeting held yesterday, the ministers of the relevant departments and the presidents of the Cabildos discussed the possibilities with the Secretary of State and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, to address mobility problems on both islands.
“We have decided to create a working group, led by the Ministry’s Sub-directorate of the Railway Sector, to study the request made by the Government of the Canary Islands to join the railway network,” explained Puente after the meeting, emphasising the involvement of all four administrations in the group.
The Secretary of State expressed the central government’s commitment to working “to make this a reality, one way or another.” He praised the positive outcome of the meeting, stating that its development “had gone very well.”