- According to the spokesperson of Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, "the situation of these territories is almost desperate, and I think we live a political moment conducive to offer solutions, on the one hand have ended the absolute majority and this allows reaching agreements reached consensus , And on the other hand, the City Council is immersed in a process of participation to elaborate a new General Plan of Urban Planning, which may allow to include some of the changes that the neighbors demand.
The Municipal Group of Citizens has transferred to its deputies in the Regional Assembly a base document drafted by different neighborhood representatives of the cartagenera council of El Beal in which they pick up the problems that have been accumulating in the zone and that have led to this deputation To "a serious situation of deterioration in the social, economic, environmental and health area".
The neighbors demand important actions in the short and medium term by the competent administrations, since otherwise, they say, they will be focused on insecurity and irreversible decline in their quality of life, both individually and collectively.
In addition, according to the orange training, neighborhood groups in the area are analyzing the desirability of commissioning the University of Murcia a more detailed study of the needs of El Beal with incidence in Urbanism, Sociology, Environment and Administrative Law, and do not rule out Carry out mobilizations.
According to Citizen spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, "the situation of these territories is almost desperate, and I think we live a political moment conducive to meet all these needs, on the one hand have ended the absolute majority and this allows us to reach To agreed agreements, and on the other hand, the City Council is immersed in a process of participation to elaborate a new General Plan of Urban Planning, which may allow to include some of the changes demanded by the neighbors.
In this document, neighbors warn of the absence of environmental restoration work after mining, criticize the state of the ramblas that carry mining waste, the situation of the Jenny raft or the abandonment of mining operations such as La Paz, La Pobrecita, Lucrecia, Mendigorría, San Antonio or La Pagana.
In terms of economic and sociological aspects, they warn of the continued decline and aging of the population, the loss of almost all commercial life in the area, the high unemployment rate among the resident population, increased failure and school absenteeism, Or the absence of a multipurpose room for associations and groups.
The document also refers to the fact that the General Urban Development Plan (PGOU) prevents the development of the populations because it was designed to measure for the old mining activity, and they consider that it is a factor of depopulation because the young people choose houses in Towns in which they can access new housing.
According to the neighbors, there is no public floor to meet the prevailing need for equipment.
Among the main demands in education, they demand the construction of a new school, whose need already included the Ministry of Education in the nineties, a children's school, a library, and a sports hall.
On the other hand, they demand the protection and enhancement of the cultural heritage of the deputation and the inclusion of these elements in routes and tourist circuits, among them, Cueva Victoria, Monastery of San Ginés, Mina Matilde, Mina Blanca, El Lirio, deposits Miners, House of the People, Red Cross, Casino, Miner's Monument, La Cabaña, houses of the early twentieth century of brick seen and the Ventura Mine Furnace, among others.
In terms of Infrastructures, the document analyzes that the layout of the FEVE divides the Llano in two, and that it has to be modified so that the tunnel can be eliminated from the Calle Mayor del Llano.
On the other hand, they consider it necessary to design a bypass that facilitates the urban integration of the three population centers.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena