The works contemplate the change of the irrigation system, the removal of the statue of the embroiderer to make a new foundation that sustains the structure well and can appear in all its splendor, as well as the planting of new vegetation, among other improvements
The Councilor for Local Development of the City of Lorca, Sandra Martinez, visited this morning the works that are being carried out in the Square of Bordadora Concha Sandoval through the Program for the Promotion of Agrarian Employment, framed within the District Councils.
Sandra Martinez explained that "the works being carried out in the Plaza de la Bordadora contemplate the integral change of the entire irrigation network with new water supply pipes from the meter, in addition to an autonomously controlled electrovalve system via In this sense, in the green areas the irrigation system will be underground in trees, shrubs and cespitosas and the drippers will be self-compensating, heat sealed and antidrenantes and will have a flow of 2.3 l / h. the gardens, which is currently the cause of water leaks and destabilization of the sculpture that honors the embroiderer, the same will retire in the next few days to make a new foundation that sustains the structure well and that it looks new with all its splendor ".
It should be noted that the control center will be composed of an electric irrigation programmer, venturi, master solenoid valve, hydraulic valve, cut-off valve on each solenoid valve, electric connection, ring filter with rings with pressure gauges, main pipes in 32 mm of 6 atm and secondary pipes of 17 mm ".
The Councilor for Local Development added that "in the works to be carried out contemplates the creation of a closet to accommodate all the elements of the control center mentioned above, so that from this point will be made in the hard pavement of the plaza to include the piping of the new pipelines to each of the beds, then the irrigation network will be installed with self-compensating underground drippers, and all pipelines will be buried and 50% of land will be supplied selected vegetable, 30% river washed sand and 20% peat). "
Martinez said that "as regards the care of the garden will be supplied and planted new vegetation, planting of prairie and the existing vegetation will be sanitized. In addition, the desired shape will be given to all the plant land contributed, will replant the new shrubs The main shrub plants to be used are begonias, hydrangea (hydrangea) and fatsias acanthus, among others. There will also be works of painting consisting of renovating the painting of the benches as well as the lampposts and the banisters of the parterres ".
It should be noted that the Plaza Bordadora Concha Sandoval has an approximate surface of 473 m² in which there are 8 garden beds.
As for vegetation, the most notable is a Phoenix canariensis, 6 Yuccas elephantipes and a Schinus molle.
As for the shrub species cyca revoluta, callistemon citrinus, jonandrum ligustrum, fatsia japonica, monstera deliciosa, acanthus mollis and hedge of lonicera crisp and viburnum lucidum stand out.
As non-vegetable elements there is a stone fountain, a drinking fountain, 5 benches and 4 lampposts. "
The Edil Local Development Office recalled that "this Agricultural Employment Promotion Program has a duration of 4 months and has involved the hiring of a total of 40 agricultural laborers and 8 foremen, thanks to a joint investment of the Public Employment Service State and of the City Council that totals 275,000 euros.In addition, within the same are performing other improvement tasks in different parts of the municipality as are the cleaning and adaptation of the area of ​​the heads of the High districts, ramblas Los Senones and Las Chatas, and the bicycle lanes of the old road of Águilas Purias, and which connects the district of San Antonio with the hamlet of La Torrecilla.The program also includes interventions planned in the adaptation of installations in municipal nurseries, municipal parks of Diputación Rio and Sancho Dávila, as well as, slopes of south round and skirts of the castle ".
Sandra Martinez said that "the objective of this is that these people are trained and learn a trade while doing tasks aimed at improving neighborhoods, pedanias, ramblas, parks and gardens of the municipality, and supposes a new support for Lorca continue to reduce unemployment figures faster than the regional and national average, with a drop in unemployment of almost 3,000 people in the last four years, which puts us in the best employment figures since the beginning of 2009. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca