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| Increasing the number of cyclo-streets, with a photo contest and an awareness campaign | The organized activities follow strict compliance with security measures and are organized by the Department of Mobility in collaboration with the Department of Citizen Security, as well as the associations LorcaBiciudad and BiciWomen. The Councilor for Public Transport and Mobility of the City of Lorca, Irene Jódar, has reported together with the Councilor for Citizen Security, José Luis Ruiz Guillén, of the celebration of World Bicycle Day. Jódar has announced that "Lorca joins the celebration of World Bicycle Day, which is commemorated tomorrow June 3, with a series of activities organized under strict compliance with sanitary and hygienic measures that guarantee all safety for participants in this ephemeris, taking into account the current circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic ". The Edil has detailed that "on the occasion of this celebration, this year we have opted for a virtual format commemoration, giving visibility to trips around Lorca by bicycle and, therefore, we invite all users who use the bicycle for their daily movements to upload photos tagging the Facebook profile of the Department of Mobility of the City of Lorca, and participate in the contest using the hashtag #LorcaEnBici ". "These are photographs in which their bicycles can be seen, how they make their journeys in it or how they move around our municipality on the routes designated for this, such as cyclo-streets or bike lanes.

In the contest, which will end on Wednesday 10 of June, there will be three prizes, three bonuses of 30 euros to spend on sports equipment or accessories for the bike in shops in Lorca ". Jódar Pérez has insisted that "to facilitate these journeys from the City of Lorca we are working on shaping the network of bike lanes and cyclo-streets that must communicate the urban fabric of the city with the periphery and, therefore, this year we have carried out many improve and incorporate new cyclo-streets.We have linked Avenida Juan Carlos I through the Puente Nuevo with the bicycle lane of Avenida de Europa and, in turn, it has communicated with the cyclo-street of Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas through the streets Gimeno Bridge, Encarnado Pass, Navarra, Paseo Guerra, Churra Bridge and Valencian Community ". "We have extended cyclo streets such as Ortega Melgares, Caballón, Mayor and Alcalde Pelegrín with what we have managed to connect the San Cristóbal neighborhood with La Alberca, Lope Gisbert, Príncipe Alfonso and Óvalo.

And another road that we have converted into cyclocalle is the network of streets Eulogio Periago, San Fernando and Rafael Maroto, thus once again communicating with the bike path of Avenida de Europa.The streets Dolores Blaya, Cueto and the descent to the San Diego station have also been established, with the communication centers of our municipality as important as the University campus of Lorca and the train station itself ". Jódar has advanced that "we are now working on the preparation for the conversion of Juan Antonio Dimas street into a cyclo-street, once the works that are being carried out in the area are finished, so that using the bicycle in a comfortable and safe way can also be easily accessed to municipal institutes and swimming pools.

" "In addition, an information campaign will be carried out in 14 mupis, distributed throughout the city, with the aim of raising awareness among motorists and motorists of the right of bicycles to circulate on any road, having to respect their slower speed and greater vulnerability, and always respecting the safety distance of 1.5 meters when passing.

" Irene Jódar has encouraged "all Lorca and Lorca women of all ages, to participate in this photographic contest and move around Lorca by bike, to use bicycles on their daily commuting to take one more step towards a more sustainable city , friendly and safe and in a fast, ecological, economic and healthy way ". The Councilor for Mobility has thanked "the collaboration of the Department of Citizen Security and the associations LorcaBiciudad and BiciWomen to be able to commemorate this Day, as well as to carry out organized activities and improvements in road signs."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca