The government delegate in Murcia, Rafael González Tovar, has attended today the start of demolition of the building Flying Fish, located in the Paseo Muelle Alfonso XII, in which solar Government Delegation in Murcia is the purpose of locating a center in the future Multiple Services would be found among state agencies INEM, Costs, Health Affairs and Agriculture and Fisheries, among others.
The demolition has been done for security reasons at the request of the Directorate General of Heritage of the Ministry of Land Policy.
The building was owned by the Ministry of Finance until 2007 and used as offices of the Board of Harbor Works, was sold that year to the Government Commission for its renovation and use as Foreign Office.
However, geophysical studies of the structure made at the request of the Ministry of Public Administration, was found to be affected by aluminosis, why was declared in ruin.
Already in December 2007 were written off the fronts to prevent landslides and were hits loculated closed for security reasons, intervention has to be repeated again this year because of squatting the building and the danger this entailed.
The site occupies an area of 1,161 m², and the building has three floors of 383 m² each, as well as patio and gardens attached.
In this regard the government delegate said that "both for its size and because of its location next to the Casa del Mar, where he is currently the Instituto Social de la Marina, and other units of the Port Authority, it becomes a place privilege to install services of the State Administration has not yet provided in Cartagena or are scattered and unsuitable premises. "
For Gonzalez Tovar, "would be desirable in the future with a new building that would improve the administrative services provided to citizens of Cartagena, making it more convenient and centralized access to them, but given the current economic situation is not yet supported develop the project. "
Source: Delegación del Gobierno en Murcia