The State's accounts for 2017 contemplate a total of 303 million euros in investment in Extremadura, which is 16.6 per cent lower with regard to 2016, although the Government reduces this difference to 13.5 million euros as there were portions of investment that were not executed in the last fiscal year.
The largest part of the investment goes to railway: 183 million euros for the electrification of the Talayuela-Cáceres and Badajoz-Mérida sections, which is why the representative of the Government, Cristina Herrera, notes that the finalisation of the Extremadura AVE won't be deferred, originally foreseen for 2020.
Herrera assesses, for the first time, that there be a long-term commitment to investments to complete the AVE line between Madrid and Extremadura. Most notable are the 54 million euros for the area of Agriculture and 38 million for Development.