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- The orange training considers the updating of the Universal Accessibility Plan of Cartagena (endowed in the municipal budget through an amendment of Cs) a priority, the approval of the regulatory ordinance, and the creation of a technical office that considers and prioritizes actions To reduce restrictions and architectural barriers throughout the municipality of Cartagena.

Following the publication in the daily La Verdad, of the deficiencies in the accessibility of streets and sidewalks in Barrio Peral and in San Félix, the Municipal Citizens Group has criticized the slowness with which the City Council is working to update the Plan Of Accessibility of Cartagena, to approve the regulatory ordinance and to constitute the technical office necessary to undertake the work.

According to the Citizen spokesperson in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, "since the 2016-2019 Disability Plan was announced in July 2016, we have not seen that the regulations that should regulate it and carry it out, much less the technical office Proposal in the Accessibility Commission that should be the place where the specific actions to be undertaken in the municipality of Cartagena should be considered. "

Manuel Padín also recalled that one of the Citizen's amendments to the municipal budgets has not yet been implemented, which refers precisely to the updating of the Comprehensive Plan for Accessibility of the Municipality of Cartagena drafted by the architect Fernando GarciaOchoa in 2010, "We said at the time that it is necessary to have a current study of the state of accessibility in the municipality, since only then, once the municipal ordinance has been approved and the technical office has been set up, we will be able to truly and in a priority way undertake the actions In the most unfavorable spaces, and not patching the city, or leaving the jobs half as is being done now.

According to Citizens, the problems of accessibility are not limited to Barrio Peral and San Felix, "is a problem that extends to almost all our neighborhoods and councils, in our last meeting with the neighbors of the Barrio de la Concepción, this was one of His most insistent demands, "explained the Citizens spokesperson who regrets the Government's delay" in carrying out the ordinance after the due report of the legal services of the City Council, and in establishing the Technical Accessibility Office (OTA), that among its It will have the role of proposing initiatives, formulating recommendations, following up on actions, encouraging communication channels of social groups and agents for analysis and decision-making, and making technical reports prior to the initial approval of plans and other instruments. Municipal urban planning ".

"Without any of this, everything else is smoke and news headlines who will not do anything to reduce the restrictions and obstacles that many members of our citizens face every day," concluded Manuel Padín.

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena