Deputy Sara Garcia explained that the agreement signed yesterday afternoon between the Ministry of Defence and the Polytechnic University of Cartagena "will keep the door of the CIM and thus preserve this architectural element as rooted in the history of Cartagena and the memory of all those who passed through the former Seamen Training Barracks. "
Sara Garcia said, "With this decision the Government of Spain once again demonstrates his willingness to meet the demands of citizens who sought to take into account the architectural and sentimental value of this element, while also the ability to collaborate and coordination with other actors, in this case UPCT, with which it maintains a close collaboration for the use and maintenance of buildings and architectural elements that have ceased to have military value. "
"It should be noted that the Autonomous Community was in favor of demolishing the same as a solution, which led to the logical demands of citizens at variance with the demolition," he said.
Cartagena Deputy stressed that since the PSOE have been holding talks with the Ministry to try to reach a solution to retain the door in response to the historical value, sentimental and architecture, which eventually materialized in the form of agreement with the UPCT.
"The sensitivity shown by the Ministry and the university put in evidence, on the other hand, the lack of it in other cases, as in the case of excavations at the Monte Sacro in Cartagena that could endanger the Wall or have been excavations at the Palacio de San Esteban, "he concluded.
Source: PSRM-PSOE