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The Autonomous Community and the City of Lorca reiterate to the new national Executive recently constituted the need to extend the reconstruction deadlines of Lorca homes affected by the 2011 earthquake, since if the extension did not occur it could cause 400 families to have to return Public grants received to rebuild their homes.

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Development and Infrastructure, Enrique Ujaldón, highlighted today, after the technical follow-up meeting of the urban regeneration works that are carried out in Lorca, that both administrations have sent a joint letter to the Ministry urging him, by on the one hand, to extend this period and, on the other, to provide the neighbors with the justification of the aid they have received to repair their homes.

For his part, Ujaldón said that "the regional Executive is carrying out all the actions committed to the neighbors after the earthquakes."

During the meeting it was specified that during the first quarter of the year the works of the San Antonio neighborhood will begin for a value of 3,684,450 euros, which involve actions on 61,680 square meters.

Specifically, public space will be freed, roads will be pedestrianized to promote accessibility, urban infrastructure will be renewed and energy efficiency will be improved.

The period of execution of the works will be 10 months.

Likewise, the calendar of actions of the works in execution was reviewed, such as those carried out in the street of Paso Blanco de Lorca, which began on Monday.

These works are part of the urban regeneration works in the Santa Clara neighborhood, which started at the end of November last year and represent a regional investment of more than 1.8 million euros.

Central Round

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Development and Infrastructure advanced that only in the construction of the two sections of the Central Round of Lorca the Autonomous Community will mobilize this year more than 11 million euros.

In this regard, he announced that, after obtaining the availability of the land by the municipality of Lorca, his department will soon award the works of Section I of the Central Round that will involve a regional investment of 7,554,505 euros.

Enrique Ujaldón stressed that "it is one of the great actions that the Ministry will carry out this year," which consists in the execution of a new double-lane road that will link the N-340a road in the Apolonia neighborhood with the San Diego neighborhood.

In addition, he informed that the works of Section II "are progressing at a good pace," and said they will be completed in spring of this year, which will "strengthen road safety and decongest traffic on Juan Carlos I and Europe avenues."

He recalled that this action has a budget of 3.6 million euros and consists of the construction of the new bridge over the Guadalentín River, which will link the San Diego neighborhood with the Santa Clara avenue to give continuity to the infrastructure.

Source: CARM