The mayor, José López, and the Councilor for Sports, Ricardo Segado, visited today, Tuesday May 16, the works being done to make the new fields of artificial turf of the neighborhoods of José María Lapuerta and Virgen de la Caridad .
In both the mayor and the councilman have spoken with the neighbors who have also attended to know the state of the works that are already quite advanced and are expected to end, if there are no mishaps with the transport of the artificial turf that arrives by sea, in Around the end of June.
The director of the works, Vicente Pérez, has explained in detail the development of the works.
In the case of the football field in Jose Maria de la Puerta, two fields will be installed, one football 11 and another 7 football. The maximum point of excavation has been reached and the trenches for irrigation have been made.
The next step will be to put the grease and agglomerate to reach the desired height and install artificial turf, quality FIFA 2 stars, the maximum available.
The field will also have 6 irrigation cannons, so you can moisten the lawn before the matches to prevent players from suffering abrasions.
In the Virgen de la Caridad neighborhood, a professional football field 11 will be installed, within which two football fields can be set up. In this case, the pipeline, the irrigation network and the drainage system are already installed. Arranging the zahorra, small stone that serves as the basis for the firm.
In this field will also dispose 6 guns irrigation.
The mayor has indicated that he is proud that these works are so well directed, and specifically the one in the neighborhood of '600', which was a personal bet on him because he knows the president and the children who will play in that sporting equipment.
"I think these types of facilities are very necessary for all neighborhoods, but especially for these neighborhoods that are more punished to live humble people, so that the children have a quality sports facilities and do not have to go and play To other areas.
Also with the sport we are educating, we are getting children to avoid school absenteeism because if not play.
They try to get good grades, because they train but they do not play.
It is doing a great job with the sport in this neighborhood "has considered Lopez.
A point to emphasize of these two projects is that they have been financed entirely by the City council of Cartagena, when until now the majority of the work paid the parents of players and members of the local club.
"We understand that this should be so, that the sport that is health, which is a municipal competition, and therefore we must encourage that remains so," has argued the mayor.
He also announced that work is already under way with the sheets to construct the artificial turf fields in El Albujón, La Aljorra and La Palma, to gradually improve all the facilities of the Region.
He also wanted to take the opportunity to ask the regional administration to collaborate economically with these projects, because there is a need to change many more fields of land "in which children, in addition to being stained, can easily be crippled, and causes So the fields) that the children of those clubs have to go to other neighborhoods to play. "
In that sense the president of the AVV of the neighborhood Virgen de la Caridad, wanted to thank the construction of this field, and has indicated that the club in the neighborhood, EF Esperanza, had been losing players for many years and had been left with three teams Of soccer base and already have "11 teams for the next season and surely the club continues to grow" thanks to the expectation of these new facilities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena