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Fulgencio Gil: "the firm commitment of the Regional Government, with its president Fernando López Miras at the head, with the recovery of Lorca after the earthquakes can be seen, once again, with the approval of this grant for the completion of this emblematic project With the new Trade Fair and Congress Center, we will have a model social and cultural infrastructure in Lorca, which will accentuate Lorca as the county seat and subregional capital

The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, has been pleased that the Governing Council of the Region of Murcia yesterday gave the go-ahead, at the proposal of the Ministry of Presidency and Development of the CARM, to the granting of a subsidy to the value of almost 7 million euros to start the II phase of the reconstruction of the Fairground of Santa Quiteria and the culmination of the urban renewal of the adjacent streets.

The Prime Minister said that "last September we obtained permission from Brussels so that these 7 million can be used in these facilities." From then on, the technicians of both administrations began working on the drafting of the agreement. award of this grant, we have taken a step to be closer than ever to have the Center for Fairs and Congresses that Lorca deserve.It is an emblematic work for the city that had been demanded by the different groups In addition, providing Lorca with this service infrastructure makes the city emphasize its status as a subregional capital and strengthen its profile as a city of fairs and congresses. "

Fulgencio Gil has anticipated that "the joint work of City Council and CARM, has had the direct involvement of the President of the Region, the Lorca Fernando Lopez Miras, which has driven this action in a special way." The Regional Government's firm commitment to recovery of Lorca after the earthquakes of 2011 can be seen, once again, with the granting of this grant for the completion of this emblematic project, infrastructure that drives to have a more modern city in which there has already been an investment of around With 1,200 million euros, with the new Trade Fair and Congress Center, we will have an economic and cultural infrastructure in Lorca in the Region, which will undoubtedly make Lorca, if possible, a driving force for the growth of all Region".

The Mayor of Lorca stressed that "the hiring of the equipment involves a simpler and quicker process than that usually required by the works, a factor that also plays in our favor." Our objective is to start the equipment as soon as possible so that the Center of Fairs and Congresses, which has raised much expectation and attraction both in our region and in the Region of Murcia and nearby provinces, can celebrate, among others, the next editions of Feramur, Fericab and Sepor.

Gil said that "from the City of Lorca we will continue to demand the projects that Lorca deserve, this is the moment of Lorca and therefore we will continue to promote new actions that benefit our municipality and help to emphasize our regional capital. that continue supporting the implantation in our municipal term of this type of initiatives, that are generalizing like more concrete and outstanding examples of innovation and development inside the main economic and labor motor ".

It is recalled that the City is already investing 11 million euros to make a work profoundly beneficial to all Lorca.

In fact so far has completed the first phase, which involved an investment of 7 million euros, financed with European funds and part of the amount obtained by the City thanks to the extraordinary draw of national lottery held for the benefit of Lorca.

In the last months the works included in the urbanization phase (€ 4 million) have been executed, which are divided into two sections: the construction of the sample hall and the urbanization of the site, as well as the urbanization of the adjacent streets ( Oven, Santa Quiteria and Painter Salvador Zamora) and the installation of a new collector for the Alameda Virgen de las Huertas).

Once all the phases of construction to complete this new equipment have been completed, the exhibiting capacity of the Fair Center will have been increased, which will go from the 5,010 m2 that the former had to 8,600 m2 (including an area that could be subdivided to hold meetings or install fairs and another specific for livestock exhibition).

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca