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Pilar Barreiro took stock of the achievements of the municipal government to the city during the last twelve months, highlighting the decline in unemployment in 285 people, and the inclusion of Cartagena on the Mediterranean Corridor

The mayor, Pilar Barreiro, today held its traditional meeting with reporters to wish a Merry Christmas and take stock of what happened in the city throughout the year, and the priorities it has set the government team to 2014.

For the mayor, who was accompanied by Deputy Mayor, Jose Cabezas, and the Councillor for Finance, Fatima Suanzes, employment, infrastructure and tourism are the major milestones of 2013 in the city as well as the hub of our priorities, in this line and we continue to work.

So, Barreiro said that this has been the least bad year in terms of employment in the city for the first time in seven years have come to November with less unemployment than in January, so the average was 2,000 more unemployed in November and this year we have come up with 285 fewer unemployed.

Looking ahead to 2014, employment will be a priority and, therefore, added the mayor, the objective is to strengthen the Local Employment Agency to be clear what type of workers are needed and give them the proper training, along the lines set by the Conference Youth Guarantee held in Cartagena last week and that includes the city on a project to train young European level that can be incorporated into the labor market.

The other axis is municipal policy infrastructure, with particular emphasis on rail transport.

The mayor pointed out that this year will go down in history as the Europe which has seen the government budgeted and approved the inclusion of Cartagena and its port on the Mediterranean Corridor, the most important milestone in transport from the Via Augusta Romans.

Thus, in the General State Budget for 2014 there are more than 270,000 euros for projects, along with a Senate amendment 1 million euros, expressly for Change width between Cartagena and Murcia, Cartagena works that allow between the high-speed network, connected to Alicante, Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona, ​​as well as an international gauge, which will arriving and departing the Port of Cartagena goods trains to and from Europe.

And infrastructure investments involve, in turn, a return, in this case, on tourism. Going to end reclamation works of the Roman Forum by providing Repsol, which constitute a major tourist resort, and not forget the smooth running of the Convention Bureau, with 80 centers that became operational, half of them held during the past year, added Pilar Barreiro, who has also emphasized the role it has played in the Auditorium El Batel, which this year has been awarded the XII Biennial of Spanish Architecture.

In his review of the year just because the mayor has not been left in the pipeline issue, and has spoken of the need to reform local government, healthcare, hospitality, the treasure of the Mercedes, the biprovincialidad Valcárcel and progress of President of the Autonomous Community.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena