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Team spokesman Government of Cartagena, Joaquin Segado, has announced that in 2011 the City Council can not make any investment by the prohibition by the Central Government to all the consistory during the year.

Mowing recalled that in 2009 investment budget in the town was 28.4 million euros, which were funded largely by a process of long-term credit.

This lack of investment, explained Segado, not only will a reduction in the quality of life of citizens, but queprovocará problems for companies who regularly work for the municipality in carrying out the works.

The city spokesman has criticized the other hand elespectáculo shameful that the Central Government has in the past two days modifying and editing decisions, and published in the official Gazette, was published on Monday a decree-law forbidding municipalities to borrow in remainder of 2010 and throughout 2011, and this morning, it was announced on the same correction BOE, restricting it to that extent in 2011.

To Segado this mind changing descocertante causes legal uncertainty and reminded that has nothing to do with the position of the Central Government in 2009 encouraged the municipalities to borrow to get out of the crisis.

TRIMMING OF STAFF TAKES IT VAT

In his appearance before the media after the Local Government Board, the spokesman also referred to the cut in salaries of city officials, that will save this year of a million euros.

Mowing these savings as it will be useless because the VAT hike only from July, will involve about 2.5 million more for the municipal coffers, which must be added to cut 17 percent of the participation of municipalities in the State accounts for the decline in revenue.

However, the City of Cartagena and discuss plans to present next week, in Board of Governors and House, the municipal budgets 2010.

Their precise figures will be released Monday by the council of finance, José Cabezas.

Another issue discussed by Mowing has been the position of City government, with the regional government, for cuts in state does not reach the TGV losproyectos Cartagena.

We've been waiting 20 years and now we can not again be the losers, Segado complained, stating that in their plans is that the technical project of the arrival of high-speed train may come to recruitment later this year.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena