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The Town Planning Segado Joaquin has participated this morning in a hearing in the European Parliament to explain the process followed by the city of Cartagena from the mid 90's for the economic, social, urban and heritage of the Old Town of Cartagena.
Mowing pointed social and urban problems affecting the city center, where there had been a deterioration of the housing is too fast, it entered a phase of economic slowdown with an unemployment rate that exceeded 35% and an alarming level social exclusion.
The municipality's economic decline was especially striking with its historical center had experienced a dramatic decline in population located in those years by 17,000 people.
The Town Planning has set out the plans, measures and actions were implemented to stimulate the economy, urban regeneration and restore its heritage.
Mowing has highlighted two decisions that have positively influenced your feedback: on the one hand, summon the Polytechnic University in the heart of downtown historic buildings associated with the military heritage, and on the other hand, the recovery of the Roman Theatre of Cartagena's urban transformation the entire neighborhood in their environment.
Among the plans, actions and measures promoted by the City Council has set out the implementation of the Urban Plan between 1994-1990 with a package of 22 performances and an investment of 13.5 million euros, the setting up of the Old City SA as a management tool, a grant of 100% of municipal licenses, both of work and activity, for new construction, rehabilitation of buildings or the operation of commercial, industrial and professional development of large Peri urban plans CA4, windlass and Monte Sacro.
In terms of heritage recalled rehabilitation of monuments and buildings such as the Wall of Carlos III and the Palace Hall, and Façade Plan which since 1997 has allowed 92 rehabilitate facades with an investment of 6,818,821.85 euros.
In his presentation Mowing has made a special mention to 'Cartagena Port of Cultures "as a general commitment musealization a city with a cultural and tourist potential, the excavation of the Roman Theatre and the construction of the Theatre Museum.
As a balance to all that effort, the Town Planning has offered the 277,000 tourists who visited Port of Cultures in 2008, the 55 cruises and 70,000 cruise passengers arriving in 2009, 4,324 homes have been built in three decades with a census of 24,381 people and 1,700 businesses and local activity.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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