The Councilor for Rural Development in the City of Lorca, Ángel Meca, wanted to answer the accusations made by the Municipal Socialist Group about the projects that are intended to be financed through the European rural development funds (LEADER).
Mecca has recommended to Mr. Mateos that "before going out to the media to try to generate a controversy should contrast the information and learn very well what has been said, because you run the risk of messing up, as has Simply by reading the press release issued, you could have discovered the projects for which European aid is requested through the local action group Integral Society for Rural Development, to which the City Council belongs as a partner, and whose territory of action extends to the districts of northern Lorca, as well as through the action group Local Campoder, Association for Rural Development.These projects are the production, recording and dissemination of a documentary film that reflects the cultural heritage of the high districts of Lorca, the publication of a book for the knowledge, promotion and dissemination of the heritage of the same, production, recording and dissemination of a
documentary film that reflects the cultural heritage of the southern districts;
the improvement in sports facilities in different districts and the improvement in places, parks and their surroundings in them. "
As for the creation of a beach on the Luchena river, Mecca said that "it is an idea that has arisen from the neighbors themselves, and after listening to them, as we always do, we consider this a very attractive initiative to through which a sheet of water for bathing would be offered, but which could also be used to catch water by helicopters in the event of a forest fire, so its value would be double. a small counterpart that would not break the flow, always seeking absolute respect for an area of ​​great environmental value qualified as ZEPA, due to the interest shown by the neighbors and its usefulness, from the City Council we have committed to study with the Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura its feasibility and environmental integration and, in case it fulfilled all the necessary legal and natural conditions, we would process a project for soli
cite LEADER funding in future calls, as we announced. "
"We have listened to the demands of the neighbors and we are going to work to ensure that they can become a reality, as we always do." While we continue working, we encourage the PSOE Lorca to at least inform themselves before putting the shout in the sky and make demands as theatrical as futile born of ignorance. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca