The Mayor noted that the ongoing investments that exceed 930 million euros, will be enjoyed by generations of Lorca, "we are protagonists of a historic moment for Lorca, which improves the future of the whole municipality."
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, stressed that 2015 is closed as an intense, exciting year and personally comforting.
Lorca continue to opt for a close, friendly and participatory council, which are the cornerstones of our performance.
Therefore we face 2016 with reinforced illusions with emotion enjoy all the news, especially in infrastructure, we are going to implement.
The overall investment package that Lorca are being completed in recent years exceeds 930 million euros.
Francisco Jodar said Lorca are the protagonists of a new era that is making the history of our town.
Lorca is growing.
We have never enjoyed a number of investment of this magnitude.
We managed to leave behind a tough, even cruel, stage where a perfect storm of earthquakes, floods and crisis has hit us.
Lorca can be proud of what we are being able to do;
a new Lorca for our children and grandchildren.
The pride of being lorquino passes look at our new generations with the inner conviction that we are building them a better city, with modern infrastructure, with neighborhoods, streets and plazas improved, with districts that have more and more and better services, especially better communications.
They are just our children and grandchildren who's going to enjoy the extraordinary burden of improvements and investments we are running together.
The Mayor stressed that the construction of this New Lorca, already is rising with higher energies, it is the best gift we can do to our descendants.
Lorca have become modern buildings and debris in our magnificent heritage we treasure salvaged from the ruins.
And we will continue to do so, so that the suffering behind us, becomes the pride of the achievements.
The mayor has said that during these days the streets enjoying a movement and an intense joy, which shows that the consequences of the period we have passed are dwindling.
Lorca has risen with joy, with pride and look forward to continue watching the big projects materialize, how continues to generate employment and the joy is now flooding the town.
Conventions "trap", drought and stability in Spain, concerns for 2016
Francisco Jodar has indicated as major problems on the horizon slab trap planning agreements that condemn us every Lorca family to pay 520 euros to 16 million in total, by the disastrous urban policy that the PSOE made.
Municipal budgets hinder and prevent further growth.
I am particularly concerned about the drought, and the effects it may hold in the main productive and economic engine of Lorca;
the primary sector and institutional instability that can be generated by the re6traso in the formation of a new government in Spain, which will help consolidate the recovery achieved with sacrifice and collective effort of all citizens of our country.
The construction of the new Lorca:
Investment (in € million):
Congress Center: 7 WORKS
Evacuation round: 7. IN WORKS
Integral improvement (MI) Bª Vineyard 5.9 COMPLETED
MI Bª San José: 3.7.
COMPLETED
MI Bª Alfonso X 4.6.
COMPLETED
MI Bª San Diego: 5. IN WORKS
Alameda Cervantes MI: 4.5 tendered
MI Bª Apolonia, Armed Forces and Los Angeles: 5.9.
Tendered
MI C / Eulogio Periago: 1.5.
AGREEMENT SIGNED
MI Av Santa Clara. 2.7 AGREEMENT SIGNED
MI Av Europe: 4.5 AGREEMENT SIGNED
MI Christopher B ° S and C / Abellaneda: 6FIRMADO CONVENTION
MI Av Juan Carlos I: 6,5FIRMADO CONVENTION
MI Virgen de las Huertas / Santa Quiteria: 3,7FIRMADO CONVENTION
MI Bª Cristo Rey / Health: AGREEMENT SIGNED
Accessibility to the castle: 2,2FIRMADO CONVENTION
North Road: 3,5FIRMADO CONVENTION
Barrios Altos MI 10 IN WORKS
B ° S Fernando MI 2.6 IN WORKS
MI C / St. Jerome FePREPARANDO SIGNATURE
MI Road Old Port and adyacentes.PREPARANDO SIGNATURE
MY SIGNATURE B ° Santiago.PREPARANDO
Casco histórico.PREPARANDO SIGNATURE
B ° S Antonio.PREPARANDO SIGNATURE
Island Park: 75.000 € IN WORKS
Phase III nursery companies: 750.000 € IN WORKS
Rural communities: 2 AGREEMENT SIGNED
2. Roads and trails.
Over 56 million over the past three years.
Examples:
Pozo Higuera: € 252,800 COMPLETED
Pulgara: € 1.2 million RUNNING
Ms Agnes: € 649,000 IN PROGRESS
La Hoya: € 555,000 IN PROGRESS
Piñuelas way: € 152,000 FINISHED
Puri: € 3.9 million FINISHED
Alporchones, Zarcilla, Campos Lopez, Beacon ... FINISHED
Housing reconstruction:
Occupied homes demolished after the earthquake: 1,152
Housing reconstruction under: 860
Finished homes: 550
Paid by the Consortium (32,700 records): € 472 million
Joint Commission approved aid (16,099 records) € 78.5 million
Health: total investment last year: € 17.6 million, Examples:
Hospital Rafael Mendez:
Area expansion and reform Pediatrics € 947,000 COMPLETED
Reform Surgical obstetrics and 3.5 millonesEN WORKS
Santa Rosa de Lima Reform (Phase 1) COMPLETE € 1.8 million
Lorca Health Center Sutullena 4.5 million € COMPLETED
Education: total investment: € 33.8 million.
Prime examples:
Institute Giner Ros: € 4 million IN SERVICE
Conservatory: 600.000 € IN SERVICE
School of Fine Arts and Music: € 1.5 million IN SERVICE
Pavilion Giner Ros Martin and Ibanez: 900.000 € AWARDED
School Improvement Tipster: 268.000EN WORKS
Campillo school: 871.000EN WORKS
Heritage: Master Plan planned investment: 57.3 million.
Examples:
Iglesia de Santiago: € 2.5 million IN SERVICE
Monumental Santo Domingo: 1.6 million € IN SERVICE
Church of San Francisco: € 2.2 million IN SERVICE
Collegiate Church of San Patricio: € 4 million in works
Church of San Diego: € 1.2 million in works
Virgen de las Huertas Convent: 800.000 € IN WORKS
Archaeological Museum: 800.000 € IN SERVICE
Iglesia San José: 700.000 € IN WORKS
Iglesia Cristo Rey (The Vineyard) 1.3 millonesEN WORKS
Iglesia Santa María1,3 millonesLICITACIÓN
Iglesia San Juan72.000 € OK CARM
Iglesia San Pedro673.000 € OK CARM
Sports:
Philip VI Sports Complex 2.8 million of service
Center for Sports Modernization 2.4 millonesEN SERVICE
Social services:
Bureau for € 6.1 million distributed among the families affected by the earthquake to meet rental housing, provision of basic needs and housing repairs.
Economy:
Halving of municipal debt (105 million € to 53.5 million €)
In 2015 the municipal debt has been reduced by 7 million.
more than 3,000 euros a day will be saved on debt interest (€ 1.1 million)
Exemption from property tax for 2011, 2012 and 2013 and 50% bonus for 2014, 2015 and 2016. It saves Lorca of € 62 million
Average reduction of 65% for 1,320 urban families paying property tax for undeveloped land, ending the unfair situation created by the General Plan.
Elimination of negative cash Remnant, which will increase investment and reduce taxes.
Trade:
Mercado del Sol 1.8 million in works
Other facilities:
New Police Station: € 4 million in works
Farming;
54 million euros in total investment:
Channeling water desalination Eagles: 20 Million
Water reservoirs and pumping regulation 6.1 millonesEN NOTICE
Almendricos irrigation diversion: 14 millonesEN WORKS
Modernizing irrigation Tercia 14 millonesFINALIZADAS
Employment:
Unemployment continues to fall.
During the last twelve months 790 citizens of the municipality have left the unemployment rolls after a further decline of these in the last month, representing a decrease of 11.28% from the end of October 2014 2015.
The unemployment figure is the lowest in the last 6 and a half years (June 2009).
In the construction sector we best figure for 6 years and 9 months (March 2008), were generated almost 800 fewer unemployed in this sector since the earthquake, which represents a decrease of 55.8%.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca