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In the traditional Christmas breakfast the mayor of Cartagena offers media covering daily information bulletin, Pilar Barreiro, has announced that next year it will undertake a new project of recovery and valorization of Windlass Hill.
According Barreriro affect the top of the hill and will create a new green space and viewpoint of the city, with the value that will be a series of archaeological remains found in the area belonging to indigenous housing, a temple (or aedicule) Syrian goddess Atargatis, the old wall of Felipe V or Dean and a windmill.
This action is one that the City of Cartagena present the new Plan E and will be complementary to those undertaken today in the same area as are the provision of access from the streets of San Sebastián López Pinto or musealization of archaeological remains of the southern slope in the vicinity of the Balcones Street Blues.
For the creation of this new green space will be used native species, perennials and deciduous, allowing the creation of spaces for rest and relaxation with shade in summer and sunny in winter.
Will seek integration into the landscape and history of the hill and create a network of pedestrian walkways and terraces that look out of the city.
CARTAGENA was consolidated as a Tourist City
The mayor also reviewed with the media the most important aspects of the past year, which has consolidated all its global project initiated in 1995 mandates that Cartagena was to turn into a major tourist destination in Mediterranean.
According to Barreiro in 2009 has been established that goal with a Roman theater that has already overcome the barrier of 300,000 visitors, the addition to the cultural offer of three new museums in one and a half and the arrival in 2010 of 100,000 cruise guests on board 70 cruises, ie.
More than 30,000 cruise passengers this year, to which must be added the extraordinary event like the MTV concert MED Cup Race
MULTIPLYING THE FLOW ADLE Job Seekers
On the issue of unemployment, the mayor noted that the City has no power here, but what he has done is to strengthen the services of the Agency of Local Development and Employment where they have multiplied by three plaintiffs in the flow of business the guidance and advice.
Your website has been established as a useful tool for applications and information channel because visits have increased by 1,000 percent on a year of 5,000 visits in 2008 have reached 55,000 in the year 2009.
Another interesting point made by the mayor is the effectiveness of microcredit program for business projects: in 2009 29 projects were funded compared with three in 2008.
SOCIAL SUPPORT IN 2009
In times of crisis, explained the mayor, the city has redoubled its efforts to serve the needy.
So the council of Social Service has spent a total of 500,000 euros in aid to local families and individuals in need.
In aid over 80% are food and housing (rent, relocations, electricity and water bills?).
The amount invested is 25% more than the amount invested in the financial year 2008 and also have invested approximately € 150,000 in payments for pharmacy, funerals, clothing, help (books) and travel tickets to passersby.
CUT STATE TRASNFERENCIAS
With respect to the 2010 budget, the mayor has said he will be marked by the cut in 7 million of state transfers to the City of Cartagena and the VAT increase of two that will lead to an additional one million euros.
Barreiro has said that all councils will be significantly depleted their accounts in 2010, except to the Department of Social Services.
The mayor explained that the goal is to tighten their belts in order to continue paying suppliers on time and continue to invest so as to affect economic activity and new jobs.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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