The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, said during a meeting with the media, that the economic slowdown triggered by the crisis in the construction industry require the municipal government to set priorities.
In this way, will be taken forward projects that are generating wealth and jobs and everything related to social care, but for now, you can not deal with new initiatives, an issue that the mayor and the council has advised that part of his administration.
Pilar Barreiro considered an exercise of loyalty to the citizens to say things clearly and has provided data showing an impending economic crisis, as is the decrease in the number of building permits higher and lower during the first quarter of this year by 30 and 47 percent, respectively, over the previous year.
This, according to the mayor, a reduction of revenue for the City of between 20 and 30 percent.
The first municipal authority has also discussed other issues with reporters, referring to his 'debut' as a Member of Congress with the investiture debate Zapatero, the policy of central government transfers and the current General Plan in Cartagena, which is a floor design for the next twenty years and, as it stands, would allow construction of up to 20,000 homes in our city.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena