Cartagena has had a Municipal Accessibility Office for three months, a pioneer in the Region, which is responsible for advising and coordinating from other Social Services to the other Councilors of the City Council with the objective that each and every one of the actions taken to In the municipality, maintain universal accessibility criteria, taking into account both the ordinance and current regional and national regulations.
The Councilor for Social Services, Mercedes García, chaired this Tuesday, March 3, a new coordination meeting which, in addition to technicians from the office and Social Services, also attended Infrastructure, Urban Planning or the Registry .
The mayor said that "only 3 months ago we launched our Accessibility Office in which our staff is responsible, not only to advise citizens on this matter, but also to coordinate, inform and train municipal workers on the different regulations and ordinances that must be taken into account in all their actions to ensure full accessibility â€.
During this time, the Office has dealt with thirty requests from Cartagena, mostly concerned with how to make their own buildings accessible, obstacles that impede passage on public roads and actions aimed at making the access more accessible. public transport.
In this sense, García has pointed out that “the Cartagena City Council has been a pioneer in this area and we must be fully coordinated to continue moving forward.
It has been very gratifying to verify the good predisposition of the technicians because now they know where to go so that they can solve all their doubts about this issue.
We have a very long road ahead but we are taking the first steps so that our municipality reaches full accessibility for all citizens. â€
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena