- "The agreement that we pursue pursues to fill this place with commercial activity and that constitutes a social and tourist claim of the first order, with the inclusion of gastronomic stalls like those that exist in the Boquería of Barcelona" Manuel Padín explained
The Municipal Citizens Group has informed that today the first step has been completed to execute the plenary agreement promoted by this formation in March 2017 to reform the Gisbert Market.
The Contracting Committee has opened the envelope with the offers received to win the contract, with a budget of 16,500 euros and a deadline of three months, for the drafting of the project of adaptation and improvement of this municipal market, "it is about to face the deterioration suffered by this emblematic building of the Historic District and revitalize it to promote the area commercially, "said the spokesman of the orange training, Manuel Padin, who has said that" it is mainly about preparing the more than 720 square meters of the ground floor ".
According to Manuel Padín, "the drafting of this project is a key and necessary step that will mark the future of the market since it will not only fix the constructive solutions to solve the problem of humidity, but it will propose a redistribution of spaces to improve accessibility and the compatibility of commercial use with others such as those related to the culinary, teaching or recreational field ".
"The agreement that we promoted was to fill this place with commercial activity and to constitute a social and tourist claim of the first order, with the inclusion of food stalls like those that exist in the Boqueria de Barcelona" explained Manuel Padín, who remembers among the proposals oranges is also the partial opening of the wall that overlooks the street Gisbert, with the aim of gaining visibility and enable the installation of counter bars, the call for a public tender with a series of stipulations to organize future new posts sale, "requiring future holders guarantees of professionalism and their willingness to incorporate added values ​​that enrich the customer experience, and ensuring that the variety of the offer is complementary to each other and to the future gastronomercado of the Port of Cartagena."
Another point of the proposal of Cs addresses the transit factor of national and international visitors, "if the Government heed us, and convened once the Municipal Council of Commerce we can assess all the ways in which we can specify our suggestions , and among them, the possibility of closing the street on weekends to set up a market of antiques, of Mediterranean or local crafts, of the time, gastronomic, this is already being done in Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Avilés, Pontevedra or Cádiz and in so many other Spanish cities, a weekly event that attracts tourists. "
Facilitating parking is another of the points that the Citizens plan highlights.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena