On Tuesday, April 4, the mayor of Cartagena, José López, and the mayor of Hacienda, Isabel Garcia, held a working meeting with representatives of the Public Business Land Entity (SEPES), at a meeting in which Has tried the possibility of making a swap for land in the industrial estate Camachos that would allow to constitute the germ of the ZAL of Cartagena.
The meeting was attended by the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Cartagena, Miguel Martínez;
The president and vice president of the business association of the Industrial Park of Los Camachos, Antonio Betancor and Luis Navarro, respectively;
The president of the Confederation of Business Organizations of Cartagena and Comarca (COEC), Pedro Pablo Hernández, as well as members of the Entity of Conservation of the Polygon of Los Camachos.
The meeting has dealt with the proposal of the City of Cartagena to exchange the debt contracted by SEPES, which exceeds 4.6 million euros, in exchange for a series of land that are attached to the entity and which would be deposited as " The germ of an upcoming Logistics Activities Zone (ZAL) of Cartagena, "explained the mayor.
Despite this, the mayor has shown his surprise at the notification of the SEPES Financial Economic Office, which has ensured that there is no such debt.
López has informed the businessmen of the situation and has announced that a document will be written, to be signed by all the actors who have sat at the table on Tuesday, to request SEPES a meeting "urgently with someone of weight "Because" we want to talk to someone who can really make decisions "and thus avoid the auction of land seized that will take place next May 5.
The lands that do not reach an agreement would be auctioned in May are parcels embargoed since the SEPES has not paid various taxes and fees.
By avoiding this auction, the mayor explained, the land would be destined to constitute the ZAL of Cartagena, a zone of logistical actions "of which we are so needy in the Region of Murcia and in Cartagena and its Region, since the port is In Cartagena and the basin of El Gorguel will be in Cartagena ".
In addition, to questions of the press, the mayor has referred to various current and municipal issues, such as the situation of the beach bars in Cartagena.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena