“The application is in and we are counting on Brussels approving it in July so work can start later this year”, he said.
The secretary of state, who was accompanying the prime minister on a visit to the port of Sines, said the future line was part of an overall plan to electrify the entire network and have “European gauge connections to Madrid so as to lower transport costs by about 40 percent”.
Meanwhile, the prime minister said the agreement that had been reached with the port’s operator was “quite good” and it would mean private investment of €40 million, creating 100 new jobs.