The mayor of Cartagena, Jose López, visited Monday, accompanied by the Director General of Highways of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, José Antonio Fernández, the Councilor for the Area of ​​Decentralization, Juan Pedro Torralba, and the president of the Junta Vecinal de Perín, Alfonso Agüera, the construction of walls on the road RM E-22 as it passes through the vicinity of the council of Perin.
The works undertaken at this point correspond to the repair of four walls with reinforced concrete, which serve to contain the land at the edge of the road, since torrential rains and the wear and tear of the passage of time had demolished them and this Caused that in times of runoff the road would be affected when it was invaded by landslides.
Also, one of these sections has an improved aesthetic with stone masonry, since it is located just behind the place where a new marquee has been placed for the bus stop.
In addition to this, a new 'quitamiedos' has been placed in this track segment.
The mayor of the city, José López, has indicated that there are still seven other marquees "at different stops that will also have to be refurbished" and that 15 of these canopies have already been purchased in the last public procurement competition.
He also warned that on the Rambla de Canteras there is "another important work" to undertake, in which it is necessary "to raise the landmarks and to make a kind of small bridge to remove the concrete pipes and let the rambla flow underneath" so That problems with the rains are avoided.
The first mayor has taken the opportunity to make a call to the Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura to clean roads and to facilitate this way works of conservation and maintenance of roads.
On the other hand, he picked up the glove of CARM's General Director of Roads, José Antonio Fernández, who proposed a meeting with CARM's General Director of Transport, Coasts and Ports, Salvador García-Ayllón, in order to address the arrival Of an urban bus that connects the different councils that claim it with the central nucleus of the municipality and advocated to reach an understanding in this sense.
Fernandez, for his part, said that 25,000 euros have been dedicated to this action and, on the other hand, has committed to the City of Cartagena and the Neighborhood Council of Perin to "continue to dedicate resources annually" to reinforce stretches of wall and Improve the conditions of road safety, working, in short, for the conservation of the road.
In the same vein, it has progressed that in 2017 the General Directorate of Highways of CARM will launch new actions to rebuild between four and six more walls, for which another 25,000 or 40,000 euros will be allocated in this way, As pointed Fernandez, connects Cartagena with the port of Mazarron and has a high traffic density, since there circulate more than three million vehicles a year.
CARM's Director General of Roads pointed out that from their section they can not commit to undertake all the actions that are necessary, and that they have studied and valued, but that they can be involved in "to continue advancing in conservation actions" and to continue working On it.
"We must place the immediate future to face these improvements," he said in reference to the current term as a deadline.
During the ceremony, both the mayor and José Antonio Fernández have responded to the demands of the neighbors and the president of the Neighborhood Council of the Perín deputation, who has delivered to the Director General of Highways of CARM a document with a list of actions More urgent and necessary.
After the visit, and questions from the journalists, Lopez would refer to the Fitur booth as well as the question of the purchase by the City Hall of the building of the old 'Hotel Peninsular'.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena