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The Speaker and Deputy Regional Socialist Manuel Soler will present a motion in the Regional Assembly urging the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment to undertake the upgrading works Tercia irrigated as soon as possible

The Municipal Socialist Group Spokesperson and Deputy Regional, Manuel Soler, has reported that "this is a very old project. Was in the eighties when I try to run, and at that time there were some problems with certain landowners in relation to expropriations that the Administration had to make in the way of services. For this reason the works were diverted to other areas of the municipality. "

Soler continued saying that "was followed by other modernization projects and he was paralyzed in the relevant departments of central government, after being modified and extended to the general line will carry the water for irrigation from Casa Mata to the hamlet of La Hoya . was early 2011 when it won EU funding eighty percent grant through the Cohesion Fund, which is the only project funded by these funds and intended for modernization of irrigation systems for which assistance has been achieved sunk so important. "

The socialist leader has detailed the "autonomous region said on that occasion that the Socialists lied to irrigators and that if we achieved the 80% funding, the regional government would put the rest, so that the project would have a zero cost for irrigators . After multiple negotiations carried out by the Regional Administration of the Community of Irrigators and not getting it the promised funding, irrigators in general assembly held on 2 October 2011 approved a loan to pay 20 %, after checking that the autonomous region did not meet their commitment and there was a danger of a possible diversion of the Community Funds. "

The mayor Lorca has summarized that "80% of funds from the European Economic Community are contained in the State Budget for 2012 (7,119,000 euros), 2013 (10,170,000 euros) and 2014 (8,136,000 euros). This project is funded, which is the hardest thing to find nowadays. Therefore, it is necessary to speed up the paperwork so they can be tendered for the works with the utmost urgency. "

Manuel Soler has stated that "the total amount of the investment amounts to thirty million and, given the poor economic situation and unemployment in our town, and the need to do justice to the irrigators of Terce, from the Socialist parliamentary group have seen fit to file a motion to the full Assembly to achieve the rapid procurement of works to modernize irrigation Tercia and execution. "

Source: PSOE Lorca