Ciudad Real Airport is an airport south of Ciudad Real (central Spain). Located adjacent to the A-43 motorway, it was projected to have a connection to the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line, making it the first Spanish airport to be linked to the AVE system. Via AVE, the airport would have been 50 minutes from central Madrid, 50 minutes from Córdoba, and less than 2 hours from Seville and Málaga. |
In April 2012, the Ciudad Real airport (central Spain) was closed after just three years in operation, its management company having gone into receivership. It had not received scheduled flights since December 2011.
Description:
Basic Data
| Name of conflict: | Ciudad Real airport, Spain |
| Country: | Spain |
| State or province: | Castilla la Mancha |
| Location of conflict: | Ciudad Real, Ballesteros de Calatrava and Villar del Pozo |
| Accuracy of location | HIGH (Local level) |
Source of Conflict
| Type of conflict. 1st level: | Infrastructure and Built Environment |
| Type of conflict. 2nd level: | Ports and airport projects |
| Specific commodities: | Tourism services Land |
Project Details and Actors
| Project details | 4,000 m length runway. |
| Project area: | 1,234.45 |
| Level of Investment for the conflictive project | 1,460,000,000 |
| Type of population | Semi-urban |
| Company names or state enterprises: | Grupo Isolux Corsán S.A from Spain León Triviño Construcciones y Obras Públicas S.A from Spain Sacyr from Spain |
| Relevant government actors: | Regional Government of Castilla la Mancha., Diputacion de Ciudad Real., City councils of the municipalities. |
| Environmental justice organizations (and other supporters) and their websites, if available: | Seo Birdlife, Ecologistas en accion |
Conflict & Mobilization
| Intensity | MEDIUM (street protests, visible mobilization) |
| Reaction stage | LATENT (no visible resistance) |
| Groups mobilizing: | Local ejos Social movements |
| Forms of mobilization: | Creation of alternative reports/knowledge Lawsuits, court cases, judicial activism Media based activism/alternative media Objections to the EIA Official complaint letters and petitions |
Impacts
| Environmental Impacts | Visible: Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Noise pollution, Deforestation and loss of vegetation cover, Reduced ecological / hydrological connectivity Potential: Air pollution, Biodiversity loss (wildlife, agro-diversity) |
| Health Impacts | Potential: Accidents |
| Socio-economical Impacts | Visible: Increase in Corruption/Co-optation of different actors, Loss of livelihood, Land dispossession, Loss of landscape/sense of place |
Outcome
| Project Status | Stopped |
| Conflict outcome / response: | Corruption Environmental improvements, rehabilitation/restoration of area Withdrawal of company/investment |
| Proposal and development of alternatives: | - Another location. |
| Do you consider this an environmental justice success? Was environmental justice served?: | Not Sure |
| Briefly explain: | Because there was no viability and the economic crisis hit hard Spain, the infrastructure stopped working and it is going to be put up in auction. |
Sources & Materials
| Juridical relevant texts related to the conflict (laws, legislations, EIAs, etc) |
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| References to published books, academic articles, movies or published documentaries |
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| Related media links to videos, campaigns, social network |
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| Other comments: | - Specific blog on the airport (in Spanish): http://seocraeropuerto.blogspot.co.uk/ |
Meta information
| Contributor: | Alfred Burballa Noria |
| Last update | 24/08/2018 |
| Conflict ID: | 9 |
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