| Some of these actions have focused on accesses from the La Unión road, the A-30 highway and the west access to the city | The Mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, accompanied by the Deputy Mayor, Noelia Arroyo, the Deputy Mayor, Manuel Padín and the Councilor for Public Roads, Juan Pedro Torralba, visited the different works on the morning of this Tuesday, December 1 improvement that is being carried out in the surroundings of the San Ginés neighborhood, the square in front of Calle Sor Francisca Armendáriz and also the renovation works on Calle Saura.Likewise, more actions are also being carried out in Pozo Estrecho, El Plan and Alums as well as on the Cartagonova stadium bridge, specifically on Soldado Rosique street as a continuation of the refurbishment works of the new Cantón avenue.
In addition, next week both the Alicante square and the Puertas de San José square will be paved.In total, the City of Cartagena has invested 975,730.99 euros in these works, including works charged to the surplus of the water service.
"At the moment, the City Council has more than a dozen works underway in civil works alone for an amount of almost one million euros, which will allow improving the sanitation network, the supply network, as well as road safety and the asphalt of the main access roads to Cartagena ”, explained the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón.The first municipal councilor has verified the status of some of these works, such as the reform of Saura Street, in which 287,687.48 euros are being invested from the surplus of the water service.Regarding the works charged to the surplus of the water service, the works that involve the new sanitation network in Casas del Pino in El Plan, the renovation of sanitation and supply in the Malecón de Aluada street and the improvement of the networks of water and sanitation in the streets Mayor, Ponce de León, Gran Capitán, Juan Díaz de Solís, Pedrerías de Ávila and Juan Grijalba de Pozo Estrecho.“Only the works charged to the surplus of the water service will involve the hiring of 200 people.
In short, we are not only improving the infrastructure of the municipality, but we are also employing the companies of Cartagena and the people of Cartagena, "said the first mayor.On the other hand, the works around the San Ginés neighborhood consist of the execution of the new drainage and rainwater network in the neighborhood, as well as the construction of another drainage network on Paseo Alfonso XIII with Pintor Portela street.
The sidewalk on Ingeniero de la Cierva Street has also been conditioned and a roundabout is being built between Jacinto Benavente Street and Grecia Street.Next week both the Plaza de Alicante and Puertas de San José will be asphalted.
These works will be carried out at night as they are two of the main access roads to the city and they support a large amount of daily traffic.In addition, public lighting is also being carried out on the Cartagonova stadium bridge, specifically on Soldado Rosique street as a continuation of the remodeling works on Avenida del Cantón.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena