According the State Budget for next year, the Spanish Ministry of Development allocated 5.8% more than in 2015 for investments in infrastructure, reaching 10,129 million euros.
The rail sector remains as the one receiving more investment, 5,460 million euros, 54% of the total. High Speed receives 67% of the investment with 3,679 million euros and the conventional network obtains 420 million euros, an increase of 8% over the previous year; 287 million euros will be destined to commuter lines, a 5% increase, and 275 million euros to rolling stock.
These allocations include, among others, works in the Northwest Corridor with 1,160 million; in the Mediterranean Corridor with 1,343 million and the one connecting the north of the country, worth 1,081 million euros, as well as access to different ports, including Barcelona, with more than 27 million.
Conventional rail has 420 million euros destined to maintenance and improvements to boost freight traffic. Commuter networks, moving around 400 million passengers annually, will receive 205 million for Catalonia, 54 million for Madrid, the Basque Country 4.8 and 12.4 for Valencia, as detailed by the Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing, Julio Gómez-Pomar, during the presentation of the General State Budget (PGE) for 2016 last August.