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- The main conclusion of a recent report from the UPCT indicates that the children's playgrounds of the Windmill, San Ginés de la Jara and Capitanes Ripoll lack pavement that dampens the blows and adequately protects the children, 'since they are sand and Gravel ', in others' the material of cushioning has lost thickness', and recommends to the City that replace them as soon as possible to comply with the safety rules associated with these installations
- "There is no uniform national regulation on safety in playgrounds, however, there is a European regulation and we want to ensure that in Cartagena it is met, we believe that the safety of minors should be a priority for municipal government" , Said the spokesman of Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín.
The Municipal Citizens Group will ask at the next Municipal Plenary that the Government of Cartagena will review all the playgrounds in the municipality in order to check if they comply with European safety and health regulations.
In turn, the orange training will require that a municipal ordinance be established as soon as possible to regulate the creation, maintenance, use and necessary safety measures in public and private playgrounds, in a way that preserves the correct development of This playful activity, and comply with European regulations.
In the Orange Formation, they believe that this future ordinance must reflect the need for new and existing children's areas to be accessible to children with physical or mental disabilities, integrating parks such as that in the Explorer Park Polígono Residencial Santa Ana.
The main conclusion of a recent report of the UPCT indicates that the playgrounds of the Windmill, San Ginés de la Jara and Capitanes Ripoll lack pavement that softens the blows and adequately protects the children, since they are sand and gravel ', In others' the material of cushioning has lost thickness', and recommends to the City that replace them as soon as possible to comply with the safety norms associated with these installations.
This report specifies that parks built after 2010 do meet the requirements of European regulations, but that those previously built must be checked.
On the other hand, according to the Municipal Citizens Group, complaints have been published about the lack of maintenance in the children's playground of the Plaza del Rey, in the Park of the Juncos, and in the Sauces Park.
Also the Association of Neighbors of the Urrutias has demanded of a time to this part, to enrich with games some of its infantile zones, and in the definitive list of projects for the participative budgets one is to increase the security in the Carmolí.
Citizens Cartagena recalled that in the Government Plan for 2015-2019, the Government of MC and PSOE committed to launch a plan to remodel children's playgrounds and gardens in the municipality.
Today, after almost two years in office, there are still some deficiencies in safety in several playgrounds in the city.
"Since the end of July 2015, Decentralization Councilor Juan Pedro Torralba announced that his department was preparing a Master Plan to improve and restructure the 280 children's play areas of the municipality by which would reduce their number but improve their Conditions of use, we have not heard anything, "said Manuel Padín.
According to Citizen spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, "there is no uniform national regulation on safety in playgrounds, however, there is a European regulation and we want to ensure that in Cartagena it is met; Minors must be a priority for the municipal government and so we are going to raise to the next plenary a motion to review the state of all the playgrounds of the municipality and we will urge you to develop as soon as possible a municipal ordinance that includes European regulations " .
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena
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