The Vice Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of the Basque Government since 2020, Luis Pedro Marco de la Peña, will be the new president of the Administrator of Railway Infrastructure (Adif)as confirmed by LaSexta. The new president of Adif He has developed a large part of his career in the private sector, linked to the construction sector; engineer in Roads, Ports and Canals from the University of Cantabria, his professional experience includes companies such as Ferrovial, Balzola, Amenábar or Fhimasa.
He also held the general management of the Basque railway infrastructure administrator Euskal Trenbide Sarea (ETS). De la Peña, whose appointment is on the agenda of the Council of Ministers this Tuesday, will replace Ángel Contreras in powerwho was dismissed last Friday by the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, after only nine months in office.
Contreras was affected by the Koldo case and had to appear before the Senate Investigation Committee a few months ago, after the publication of a photo of him with former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos and his former collaborator Koldo García, although he is not cited in the case either as an investigator or as a witness. As president of Adifalso had to deal with multiple incidents in the railway infrastructure, causing delays in many services.
