Agustin Navarro is the Mayor of Benidorm and he and his council have announced that they will be leading a strong push for the AVE high speed rail link to come to Benidorm.They want this to happen by 2020.
The Mayor has said that a viability study will be carried out by sociologists at alicante University or an international consultancy firm.What they will look at is the feasability of connecting Madrid,Valencia,Benidorm and Zaragoza.
The Mayor has indicated that the infrastructure should be constructed on public land with some thought given to high density development.It is estimated that by 2020 there will be 250,000 people living in the Benidorm area and that they would all benefit from the AVE rail link.Then of course there are the predicted 7 million tourists who will visit the region and the town of Benidorm.The train would pass under Benidorm should the project be accepted.
