The Ministry of Agriculture and Water will invest 11 million euros in the improvement and guiding Barrero-Dolores Rambla which will "cover a stretch of the northern city of Cartagena and provide security as demanded by citizens in the drain rainwater to prevent flooding ", explained today the owner, Antonio Cerda.
The Minister of Agriculture and Water and the Mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, presented the project of upgrading the Rambla de Barreros-Los Dolores in urban section and gave details of the action to the locals after Local opening of the Social.
Barreiro Cerda and announced the "immediate bid" of the works is scheduled to run between 2009 and 2010, once made the bidding process.
The owner of Agriculture said: "The refurbishment of the promenade is an ambitious project that will be a reality," adding in this sense that this action "priority" for the city of Cartagena "answers the demands made by the Municipal In order to improve the quality of life for its citizens. "
The improvement project will put a length of 570 meters and a width of 26 meters from the promenade and also to avoid possible damage that may cause flooding, "integrate the two banks of the ravine and unite two urban areas of the city" .
Thus, this section "will win the creation of 15,000 square meters of new areas for public use, and eliminate the deep barrier that exists between the two margins," said Cerda.
Prior to the development of this project, the Ministry of Agriculture and Water earlier this year made an investment of 700,000 euros for the substantial improvement of drainage of rain water in the bottom of the gully, that "works perfectly, evacuating rainwater quickly. "
This project consisted of upgrading the intersection of Rambla Benipila Barreros with through the construction of a bridge consists of 9 spans.
Water infrastructure
The work of harnessing the promenade of barrier is a performance that "complete a comprehensive water infrastructure project for the city of Cartagena," explained Cerdá.
Murcia Councilor noted that at present, along with the city of Cartagena is a forecast that exceeds 70 million euros, of which more than 50 percent are under construction or already committed, and the rest are intended for immediate hiring.
According to Cerda, the activities referred to "equip these new water resources for irrigation in the irrigated areas and connect to nearby small towns to a treatment plant."
Specifically, the collectors are running from Santa Ana, Miranda, lighting and Puebla, and will soon begin construction of the collector of El Algar.
Furthermore, the purification of the Aljorra and Isla Plana-La Azohía are already in test runs.
These facilities are funded from the Cohesion Fund of the European Union.
Source: CARM