The President of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, has attended the groundbreaking ceremony for section 3 of the North line 3 of the Seville metro where he stated that these works are progressing with the goal of making this city more comfortable, livable, and sustainable.
Moreno has pointed out that the section from San Lázaro to Macarena, from hospital to hospital, has received an investment of over 178 million euros and represents over 60% of the entire North line 3 under construction, with more than half of the route and stations already being built.
He mentioned that the Macarena Hospital station will likely be one of the busiest on the future Line 3, a connection hub with the future circular Line 4. He emphasized that along Doctor Fedriani Avenue and San Juan de Ribera Street, all the way to the intersection with Muñoz León Street, in the historic roundabout, this section traverses the underground of Seville that thousands of people, residents, and tourists pass through daily.
«We have arrived here after complex works that traverse neighborhoods, streams, and highways with high technical demands and developed at a constant pace. For those of us who are not experts in engineering and technical work, we can only imagine the difficulties, but when we see that deadlines are scrupulously met, we know one thing, and that is that it is being done well,» he added.
The Andalusian President explained that the technical branch works have already been completed and the works of the first and second sections are in progress, within the neighborhoods of Pino Montano, with the surface station structure almost finished.
He also mentioned that the works in Los Mares, Los Carteros, and San Lázaro are ongoing, where one of the key interventions is about to start, such as the diversion of the North Urban Bypass and the tunnel that will cross it, always trying to make these works compatible with the normal daily life of the residents.
At this point, he recalled that two days ago, the citizen information office in Macarena was opened at the San Fernando Home Civic Center, the second one in operation in recent months. «We hold meetings with traders and residents and study alternative parking. The best we can offer to the residents is to meet the deadlines, and we are doing it with the commitment of the Junta, the Central Government, and the City Council.»
Juanma Moreno greets the Mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, in the presence of other authorities attending the event.
Moreno, who noted that the metro will finally have a second line in operation after fifteen years of waiting since Line 1 was inaugurated, affirmed that with the start of Line 3 North, Macarena, San Lázaro, Los Mares, and Pino Montano will be much closer to everything and will be more accessible neighborhoods.
In this way, he emphasized that the future Macarena station will facilitate thousands of Sevillians access to the hospital and that when the entire Line 3 is completed, it will reach Valme Hospital.
He stressed the importance that the Andalusian Government places on commitments, which involves dialogue and collaboration between administrations. «This project is an example of the best we can do from governments and institutions. Joining forces with the City Council and the Central Government, pooling resources to advance in a key infrastructure and achieve a complete metro network in Seville is the attitude and disposition we will maintain until the works are completed.»
The President of the Junta and the Mayor of Seville, along with residents of the Macarena neighborhood and municipal officials from the district.
In conclusion, he highlighted that the metro works will continue in the sections of Macarena/Capuchinos, María Auxiliadora/ Puerta Carmona, and Jardines de Murillo/Prado de San Sebastián, with the construction of their twelve stations, crossing neighborhoods where more than 120,000 people live and with a forecast of over 16.7 million users in the year of service commencement.
«A project in which, from Pino Montano to Prado de San Sebastián, over 1.365 billion euros will have been invested, 50% of which is shared between the Junta and the Central Government, to which must be added 65 million earmarked by the Andalusian Government for the purchase of trains.» Additionally, this is an action that has been declared a strategic importance operation of the Feder program in Andalucía 2021-2027.
The event was attended by the Minister of Development, Territorial Articulation, and Housing, Rocío Díaz; the Mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz; and the First Vice President of the Government and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero.