IT'S ABOUT TIME THE GIB GOVT STOOD UP FOR ITS PEOPLE

I have been reading an official book issued by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2008 concerning Gibraltar from the Spanish point of view, the title of the book is: The Question of Gibraltar.

On page 176 it reads communiqué of the Ministerial Meeting of the forum of dialogue on Gibraltar: "18 September 2006 : Fence / Frontier Paragraph 6 reads: More fluid movement of people, vehicles and goods between Gibraltar and the surrounding area will improve the day to day lives of people in Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar."

The Spanish government, through the Agencia Estatal de Administracion Tributarias, is already investing close to one and a half million Euro in substantial improvement works to its facilities and those of the Guardia Civil.

The work will be completed this year at which time the access will operate on a two lane basis in both directions and the red/green channels system, for both pedestrians and vehicles will be introduced.

The Gibraltar Government has also invested substantial sums of money on the enhancement of its facilities.

If I remember correctly, soon after this, our Government immediately complied with what was agreed and knocked down the old guard room at the frontier and in no time Gibraltar was ready to ease the flow of traffic both pedestrian and vehicular.

Five years later we are still waiting for Spain to comply with what was agreed.

Still today Gibraltar gets chock-a-block almost every evening with traffic and our Chief Minister, as far as I am aware , has done nothing to remedy  the situation.

When will he tell the Spanish Government that unless they keep their part of what was agreed there will be no more talks and Gibraltar will not comply with anything else which was agreed.

Last week I left hospital at 19:35 and arrived home, in Laguna Estate, at 20:50 due to the queue at the frontier.

It's about time that the Gibraltar Government stood up for its People and showed its guts to the Spanish Government.

Yours faithfully

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