Tunnel expansion project in Vigo

Question for written answer E-001950/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Ana Miranda Paz (Verts/ALE)

The Vigo government has announced the extension of a tunnel in the city centre. The tender for the original tunnel was awarded in 2020 for EUR 13.4 million, which rose to EUR 16.6 million in 2023. Despite initially being a two-year project, the tunnel remains unfinished, with completion now slated for 2026 and forecast to cost EUR 20 million, 63 % more than it was first budgeted at.

• 1.Given that road-traffic alternatives have been in place for the past few years, and that one of the aims of the Green Deal is to reduce the use of private vehicles in city centres, would the Commission agree that these works are unnecessary and contradictory?
• 2.The works are contingent on an increase in funding that will ostensibly come from a reallocation of EU funds, all for a project that will not improve the air quality in a city that exceeds the EU's 2030 legal limits for pollution. Does the Commission plan to monitor this likely misuse of EU funds?

Submitted: 3.10.2024