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The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, and the General Secretary of the Ministry of Development, Yolanda Muñoz, have presented to the neighbors the project of urban renewal of the Avenue of Europe and the adjacent urban spaces, which include a fortnight of streets and the one that the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia will invest 2.924.000 euros.

Fulgencio Gil explained that "it will act on a total area of ​​110,000 square meters, which will replenish the infrastructure and services with innovative energy efficiency criteria and minimum maintenance cost, framed within the comprehensive renovation of neighborhoods damaged by the earthquakes of 2011, to which the regional executive allocates 22 of the 60 million euros that will be invested in the reconstruction of Lorca this year, in addition, the work also includes measures to boost the social activity of the neighborhood, as well as the renovation of equipment and improvement of the connection with the rest of the city with an execution period of 12 months ".

The Mayor of Lorca recalled that "this action, which will benefit more than 2,500 residents, joins others that have been made in the environment as the renovation of the neighborhoods of Los Angeles, Apolonia and San Diego in which they have invested The New Lorca continues to become a reality thanks to the commitment of the City Council and the CARM.The whole of this city advances unstoppable towards a better future and full of opportunities for all its neighbors, who will enjoy better infrastructures, better connections, more accessibility ".

Yolanda Muñoz, meanwhile, has indicated that "we are going to repair and provide better infrastructures to the surroundings of Avenida de Europa in order to favor accessibility and encourage the creation of urban spaces for pedestrians. new work the actions that have been successful in other neighborhoods, and that will allow to generate a greater number of streets of pedestrian-vehicle coexistence between the Avenue of Europe and the University Campus, without differentiation of heights between road and sidewalk ".

The Secretary General added that "from the Regional Government we want to encourage cycling as a deterrent to motorized traffic, since the impact will reduce CO2 emissions in the city thanks to the construction of new sections of bike lanes such as, for example, the continuation of Avenida de Europa with the neighborhood of San Diego, to the roundabout of the Armed Forces. "

Gil, finally, wanted to thank the Autonomous Community "their commitment and effort to continue to renew the city, we will continue to work closely to complete the transformation of Lorca and for improvements such as those being implemented in the neighborhoods of Lorca arrive inexcusably to all the territories that make up this broad municipal area. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca