For Manuel Padín, "it would be unfair to blame only PSOE or MC, the deficiencies and needs of the track have not sprouted in the last three years, this state of abandonment comes after decades of indifference in which the PP was governing the municipality with a comfortable absolute majority to do and undo at will, now recriminen solutions seems embarrassingly hypocritical "
Citizens achieved in the Plenary of February that the Government of Cartagena assumed for its implementation the project of reform, updating and improvement of the Municipal Track of Athletics of Cartagena presented by the Athletics Club Cartagena UCAM and that has the support of seven other clubs sports of the municipality, "it is obvious that this objective is in our electoral program, and we are committed to promote it if the Cartagena give us an opportunity to demonstrate what we can do in the Executive from May," says the spokesman of the Liberal party , Manuel Padín, who explains that "the needs of these sports facilities, inaugurated in 1986, are not solved as the PSOE intended with a small investment for topsoil, replanting of grass, and improved access to locker rooms and stores, this space and our athletes deserve the execution of an integral project in which all public entities collaborate impl
They are used in their use and a strategic plan agreed between the administrations and the clubs for their effective maintenance, and not patches like the PSOE does ".
"The consequences of abandonment are now more visible because it has reached the extreme of not being able to perform various sports competitions for the Ciudad de Cartagena Athletics Trophy," but Manuel Padín says that "it would be unfair to blame only PSOE or MC; and needs of the track have not sprouted in the last three years, this state of abandonment comes after decades of indifference in which the PP was governing the municipality with a comfortable absolute majority to do and undo at will, now recriminen solutions It seems embarrassingly hypocritical. "
After consulting the club reform project, Ciudadanos valued the project proposed by the Athletics UCAM Cartagena directive, which includes the construction of a grandstand with a capacity of 500 people, a multipurpose building called "Casa del Atlético de Cartagena", the rehabilitation of the warehouses and the improvement of the lighting system of the sports space.
In addition, the plan proposes the signing of a collaboration agreement between the clubs, the City of Cartagena, and the regional government for the realization of the various official and school competitions, the promotion of sports, and the organization of related events.
One of the objectives set by the clubs is to be able to organize in the year 2020 or 2021 the European Cup of Combined Events and the Spanish Championship under 20;
for this, according to the project, it is necessary to establish an agreement between public entities, the Athletics Federation of the Region of Murcia and the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation in coordination with the tourist hotel structure of the Region of Cartagena.
Finally, they propose a collaboration agreement between the City Council, the Community and the Sports Council for the administration, control and maintenance of sports facilities.
Regional reference
The Municipal Court is usually used by some 600 athletes and hosts the daily practice of training and numerous competitions throughout the year at school, regional and national level.
"Cartagena and the sport of athletics have a historic relationship full of success, our clubs, many of them of great regional and national prestige, represent 23 percent of the entire Region of Murcia, well above other municipalities of large population such as Murcia (14 percent) or Lorca with (6 percent) ", explained Manuel Padin who stressed that only in Cartagena there are 700 licenses of the 2,700 that the Athletics Federation of the Region of Murcia has.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena