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It will proceed to incorporate urban furniture, to execute a series of auctions in communications and to locate the new trees and vegetation.
In terms of supply networks, wastewater, rainwater, public lighting, electricity, telephony and irrigation, almost 93% of the project has been executed;
In addition, 12 solid urban waste containers and 12 selective collection containers have been installed, as well as a charging point for electric vehicles
The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, along with the Councilor of Presidency and Development of the CARM, Pedro Rivera, and the Councilor for Development and Infrastructure of the City of Lorca, Angel Meca, have supervised this morning the progress of urban renewal works that they are being executed in the downtown area of ​​the city, and whose main objective is the integral improvement of the most important artery of the municipality, as is the case of Avenida Juan Carlos I, including the remodeling and modernization of different streets and adjacent squares , with a total investment by the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia exceeding 5 million euros.
The Mayor said that "we are talking about an action widely demanded by the society of Lorca, and in particular, by traders and residents of the area, who are demonstrating a degree of understanding that I want to emphasize today. the responsibility to carry out an action of the scale that it represents, all Lorca were aware that the growth that our city has registered required having a central area in conditions.The reality is that Avenida Juan Carlos I had become obsolete , and presented major problems that ended up turning it into a poorly lit street, narrow sidewalks, noisy and uncomfortable, suppressing the commercial profile and livability that must offer both Lorca and those who visit us.
Fulgencio Gil added that "a great city needs great streets, and thanks to these works, Juan Carlos I will be able to do so." These works are a challenge of extraordinary magnitude, since it is not only about aesthetically improving this street and its adjacent ones , but to incorporate new underground services and replace deteriorated channeling, which requires an effort in terms of coordination that has been developing positively during the months that we have been running, in fact the work has accelerated to the maximum, surpassing the forecasts In addition, during the Christmas season we have been able to appreciate how the new Avenida Juan Carlos I will be, a street with large sidewalks, renewed and inviting to walk and shopping.
The First Edil explained that "the works related to the installation of all projected services are being executed, to which will be added the renovation by Iberdrola of a medium voltage line that will run through the pipes already planned and included in the work that has begun this week, the entire 6 cm granite flooring has been executed, and the curb paving has been completed with curb, proceeding throughout February to pave the entire roadway with the base layer of agglomerate".
Fulgencio Gil has detailed that "the sidewalks of Avenida Juan Carlos I have been widened, following the established principle so that this street has a more commercial and comfortable profile.They now have a width of between 4 and 5 meters. with a width of 7 m, to serve the 2 lanes of double direction with which the Avenue, which will have round at the intersections of the same with the Alameda Fajardo El Bravo and Santa Clara Avenue, which will contribute to improve the fluidity of traffic and its regulation, facilitating changes of direction ".
The streets José Espinosa Pomares, Plaza de Carruajes, Alameda de Menchirón, Journalist López Barnés and Floridablanca with the corresponding services of supply networks, sanitation and rainwater fully executed are already finished and in service for all citizens.
Work continues on Serrallo Street, with the aim of solving a battery of hidden defects, a problem derived from the terrible execution of the works executed by other local governments.
We are talking about subsidence of the road surface, badly compacted fillings, networks installed at incorrect levels ... Currently the lighting, telephony, electricity and natural gas pipelines are being carried out, so that once the sidewalks begin to be placed.
The deadline for the complete completion of this work is February, with the exception of the signage that will be installed in March. "
Work is also being carried out in the Oval, where the subsidence of the road surface that appeared in the pergola bases on the left bank is being corrected, as a result of a poor execution of the work carried out at the time, which resulted in the drilling of the network of irrigation and the consequent accumulation of water in the subsoil.
As for the Plaza de Colón, the left side of the plaza will be used where there is a collapse in the backfill materials of the wall of the underground car park located in the plaza.
It is also planned to provide this Plaza with children's games, to get a more familiar and friendly profile of this popular square.
In the coming days we will proceed to the completion of the work of Avenida Juan Carlos I, incorporating street furniture, executing a series of auctions in communications networks and locating the new trees and vegetation.
As more representative data in quantities of the works executed to date we must highlight the following:
Water supply networks: executed 94% of the projected.
Sanitation network: executed 80% of the projected.
Network of transport and evacuation of rainwater: executed 85%.
Underground containers: 12 RSU and 12 Selective, corresponding to 4 blocks. It is worth mentioning that 2 special-sized container batteries, 1.80 m deep, had to be ordered, due to interference with the main sanitary sewer that runs along the avenue Juan Carlos I.
Charging point for electric vehicles.
Public lighting: 85% of the planned installations completed, with LED technology, allowing to reduce consumption by half and providing latest generation projectors and operational control for the events that run along the Avenue.
Electricity networks executed at 70% of the projected.
Telephone and communications networks executed at 80% of the projected.
Irrigation and Gardening: 80% of the projected.
The general network will be equipped with electrovalves in the 4 irrigation control centers and a telecontrol module for irrigation management via radio.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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