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The spokesman for Citizens Cartagena, Manuel Padin, "from citizens consider that in view of the upcoming summer season and the consequent bathers, we must avoid by all means at our disposal the slightest mishap due to damage and risks involves the deterioration of the foundation on the promenade "

The Municipal Citizens in Cartagena denounces the deterioration of the promenade near the waterfront beach of El Portus.

A few months ago, there was the collapse in one of these sections and has now increased sinkhole elsewhere.

The neighbors have been warning the city of Cartagena on several occasions about the poor state in which is the pavement (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, and depression can cause new imminently.

Citizens, through its voice in the Neighborhood Board Perín, Luis Gorreto, recorded on March 30, 2016, before these events, a motion in which he warned that the promenade of El Portus had suffered, with 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 was what we all feared, the collapse of the pedestrian route.

Neighbors require the Coastal Authority cleaned up the promenade as soon as possible.

According to the spokesman for Citizens Cartagena, Manuel Padin, "from citizens consider that in view of the upcoming summer season and the consequent bathers, we must avoid by all means at our disposal the slightest mishap due to the damage and risks associated with the deterioration of the foundation on the promenade "

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena