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Spokesman orange training, Manuel Padin says that "Citizens Cartagena are aware of the complex, expensive and difficult it is to undertake now a comprehensive plan to reduce the risk of more landslides on the Mount of Casillas, but we also know that the safety of the inhabitants of El Portus can not wait, and should be considered a priority. the city must safeguard the security of the population urgently, and if not through a General Plan of consolidation will have to be otherwise but it will need to find an immediate solution, we can not do is sit back and pray that does not happen a disgrace. "
Cartagena, Monday 11 April-.
Two houses in El Portus, and about 200 meters of beach continues today closed and sealed since July 2014 in a strong rockslide occurred on the Mount of Casillas.
At the time, former councilor of Town Planning and Infrastructure, the popular Francisco Espejo, ordered the precautionary evacuation of 11 homes.
After nearly 20 months, both the administration of the PP, as the current formed by PSOE and Citizen Movement, despite the commitments made in municipal plenary and the Governing Board (since 2014), has not done anything to reduce the risk of further landslides.
The former local government of the PP said at the time that had reserved 200,000 euros to start the works to consolidate and ensure the hillside and would hire a study by the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), but never a deduction was made credit to have that money.
Citizens spokesman Cartagena, Manuel Padin, together with the councilors Alfredo Nieto and Ana Rama, met with some members of the Association of Residents of El Portus, including its president Luis Saura.
During the meeting the residents of El Portús returned to report that the City of Cartagena has not offered a concrete solution to consolidate and secure the Mount of Casillas to potential landslides.
Residents believe "that the City is not valued in perspective the serious risk of further landslides occur in the area, and therefore a tragedy occurs, if they did would adopt any interim measure pending that the comprehensive project is undertaken ".
At the plenary session of January, the Councillor for Citizen Cartagena, Alfredo Nieto, asked about the status of the consolidation project of the mountain, and the Socialist councilor, Juan Pedro Torralba, said they had commissioned a geo-technical and air report to the City Council technicians, and he was waiting to receive a project conducted by the Polytechnic University of Cartagena.
After more than two months, we still do not know anything, and Citizens believe that this matter can not wait any longer, and that before the relevant studies submitted should be replaced as soon as possible networks (enough) that there are currently placed in the side by another system more effective to ensure the integrity of the area, or failing that, find an alternative solution that ensures safety.
Spokesman orange training, Manuel Padin says that "Citizens Cartagena are aware of the complex, expensive and difficult it is to undertake now a comprehensive plan for the consolidation of the Mount of Casillas. But we also know that the security of the inhabitants El Portús can not wait, and should be considered a priority. the city must safeguard the security of the population urgently, and if not through a General Plan of consolidation will have to be otherwise, but we have to look an immediate solution, we can not do is sit back and pray that does not happen a disgrace. "
In addition, according to the president of the Neighborhood Association, Luis Saura, last March, following a meeting with the mayor, Jose Lopez, he told them that now the City Council has to deal with many obligations and should wait until 2017 for a solution.
Neighbors reported during the meeting that had even pondered the possibility of organizing protest demonstrations when they exhaust all administrative, judicial and political options.
Citizens filed a motion to fix the boardwalk before sinking
Another issue discussed was the collapse of a section of the pedestrian promenade road last week.
The neighbors had already warned the City on several occasions over the poor state of the pavement was (notice was given, at least since the establishment of the neighborhood in December 2015).
The swell had pierced the concrete supporting the ride, and this circumstance caused the collapse.
In fact, the voice of citizens in the neighborhood, Luis Gorreto, presented a few days ago (Journaled March 30, 2016) before the event, a motion which warned that the promenade of El Portus had suffered, over the years, a continuous erosion had worn the foundation.
As a result, a sinkhole had originated between asphalt and sand, with a "a clear risk of sinking the ride".
Therefore, according to the letter of the motion and overlooking the next summer season, urging the council to address the voids generated under the promenade of El Portus.
Unfortunately, to no avail this motion because it fell on deaf ears, and there has been what we all feared, the collapse of the pedestrian route.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena
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