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The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, and President of the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura, Miguel à ngel Ródenas, visited this afternoon the refurbishment of the Rambla de Peñas Blancas passing through Marfagones Molinos.
During the visit they were accompanied by Councilman Decentralization, Ángel Nicolás Bernal, the delegate Barrio, Florentina Garcia Vargas, the Councillor for Sports, Diego Ortega, and neighborhood representatives.
The works performed by the CHS have had a budget of 807,000 euros and have aimed to improve the capacity of the channel Desaga ¼ e, recover environmentally environment and condition for recreational use by citizens.
The visit occurred on a stretch of haunted daily by numerous works neighbor s, which was prepared as a greenway for you to walk and play sports.
The overall performance, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), has been developed on a stretch of 9.4 kilometers, from the council of the Crown to Los Barreros, crossing Marfagones Mills upstream from the intersection with Rambla Benipila, one of the main channels of the municipality of Cartagena and have included the removal of accumulated debris and replant the area with native species.
To contribute to the social integration of the promenade, the CHS has adapted a greenway, consisting of a pedestrian path for about 500 meters in length between the two ends of the village of Molino Marfagones, in which elements are placed for practice exercise outdoors.
As stated by the president of the CHS, this promenade suffered a process of slope instability and inert deposit that reduced capacity Desaga ¼ e and posed a danger in case of floods, therefore the collapse of banks such as trawling obstacles.
Its layout is highly sinuous and meandering form huge almost 100 meters wide, combined with sections where the channel is not very deep.
To stabilize the slopes and brake erosion s and have placed breakwaters (reinforcements stones) and gabions (similar to the jetties, but with a mesh containment), whereas depressed areas that are not environmental importance have been filled with the material itself the promenade.
Cleaning of waste in the bed and the slope of the Rambla de Peñas Blancas has primarily manual mode, although in areas close to urban centers, where the deposits are concentrated spill areas, the use of machinery has been necessary for the huge amount of accumulated debris.
In these areas have been placed informational and ban the dumping of garbage and debris panels to raise awareness of the benefits of having a clean promenade and to the condition of the runway last.
Environmental restoration and revegetation have been undertaken selectively and with native species, for which the pre-invasive and non-native vegetation was removed.
To improve drainage are provided several areas of natural ponds and lagoons advantage ponds, forming water accumulates there instead of other places undesirable health issues.
The mayor, Pilar Barreiro, stressed over € 30 million have been invested in the city of Cartagena since he is in charge of the municipal government, which has contributed to flooding and avenues no longer a pressing issue.
A journalists' questions the mayor has referred to the activity that has developed in the city of Cartagena last International Tourism Fair, and the redevelopment of industrial lands of the old zincs, not be carried forward until you are satisfied the commitments made by the company with the workers.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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