The Director General for Territorial Planning of the Autonomous Community and Councilor for Works have stressed that "after creating specific pipelines to collect rainwater in La Viña, Alfonso X, San José, San Diego and upper districts, Build others in San Cristóbal, Apolonia, Los Angeles, Cristo Rey, Juan Carlos I, Avenida Europa, Alameda de Cervantes, ... ".
The Director General of Land Management of the Autonomous Community, Nuria Fuentes, and the Councilor of Works of the City of Lorca, Eulalia Ibarra, visited this morning part of the new network of rainwater collection that have been creating in recent years Local and regional administrations that previously did not exist and which have allowed to improve the reaction of the city to the rains of this weekend.
In this sense Fuentes has stressed that "after creating specific pipelines to collect rainwater in La Viña, Alfonso X, San Jose, San Diego and the upper districts, others will be built in the neighborhoods of San Cristóbal, San Fernando , Santa Quiteria, Apolonia, Los Angeles and Cristo Rey, as well as the Avenues of Santa Clara, Juan Carlos I, Europe, Alameda de Cervantes, Jerónimo Santa Fe, Camino Viejo del Puerto and adjacent ... thanks to the investment of about 80 million Of euros that we are doing since 2011 ".
The director general explained that "specifically the 5 kilometers of new network of pluviales include pipes from 315 mm to 1,500 mm in diameter, also highlighting the covering of the rambla of the Ladies and the Rablilla of San Lázaro, as well as the collector of the Road Viejo del Puerto The next planned works will be Los Angeles and Apolonia with 1 kilometer of rainwater network, in the Alameda de Cervantes half kilometer and in the Juan Carlos I Avenue 1.6 kilometers, with numerous scuppers.
Ibarra stressed that "not only the rainwater network has improved the reaction to rainfall, but as we are asphalting and cobbling streets that were previously land, we are avoiding the descent of mud and stones to the city, something that we will achieve too In the neighborhood of San Cristóbal and the other high zones that are in works once the investments in these parts of the city that had been abandoned by previous governments finish ".
In this sense, the mayor explained that "with these rains the technicians are checking how they are responding the works carried out, so that being in a period of guarantee can be claimed from contractor companies the hidden defects that are detected."
Similarly, the council has indicated that "with the large volume of works, which we are running uninterrupted, it is normal for some time to rain, something that nobody is to blame, and that when the streets are raised Water leaks, but the contracted companies have their insurance that will have to take care of the damages ".
Ibarra has lamented that there are those who, faced with a phenomenon of nature, are trying to obtain political return, precisely those who opposed works like that of the south-central round, which has given such a good result in this emergency as well.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca