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The regional government priority during this first year has been to ensure the health and education, as well as responding to the needs of elderly and disabled
New tools and aids in the different areas of action which, together with the above are part of the 'Plan Lorca', ensure the reconstruction and economic recovery of the municipality
The authorities are interviewing all the communities of owners "to advise and inform the process of rebuilding their buildings"
The Minister of Public Works, Antonio Sevilla, Commissioner for the reconstruction of Lorca, Inmaculada García Lorca and the mayor, Francisco Jodar, stressed today that the city has received this year over 500 million in compensation Consortium Compensation Insurance, investment reclaiming public spaces for autonomous and tax benefits, during a hearing which reviewed the actions taken for the normalization of the city this year.
As indicated by the commissioner, of the 409 million received from the Consortium, 355 million correspond to actions related to housing, and 54.2 linked to other stores, among others.
To this figure must be added in addition to the more than 31.8 million euros to date have been approved by the Joint Commission, and which result in over 9,648 resolved to lease aid, reconstruction or repair of houses that form the address usual, and for the replacement of household necessities.
These grants will be paid directly to those affected by financial institutions, with the loan signed with the Official Credit Institute (ICO) approved in advance by the Council of Ministers last March 30.
The Minister of Public Works indicated that these are the data presented in the Joint Commission that this evening celebrates its tenth meeting and participating in the Government Office, the Autonomous Community and the city of Lorca.
Economic revival of Lorca
The regional government priority during this first year has been to ensure the health and education, as well as responding to the needs of elderly and disabled.
Also, since the publication of legislation to repair the stricken homes, the Community has a device composed of public employees dedicated exclusively to the processing of aid applications.
Passed the first phase of review of records of aid, the operation of the regional administration is focused on rebuilding the demolished buildings and has recently established mechanism of enforcement and support of the State Agency of Land (Sepes) as fundamental tools for resolving conflicts between the communities of owners, as well as the Single Desk for Reconstruction for the direct advice of those affected.
The three public institutions today stressed that the development of new procedures and instruments of reconstruction demanded by regional and local authorities, and approved recently by the state, along with tax incentives and subsidies established in the first months after the earthquake, "definitely ensure" the economic revitalization of the city of Lorca.
From the Community are meeting with the owners' communities in order to achieve real and possible reconstruction.
As indicated Seville, "is difficult because the government can inform, advise and redirect in complicated reconstruction, but we must not forget that we work with individual property rights of each, which is one of their most cherished possessions."
The Minister said that with regard to public housing dependent on the Community "were awarded works worth 678,044.05 euros, corresponding to a total of 77 households stricken by earthquakes."
For its part, the Council has resolved within less than 11 days all license applications submitted for reconstruction, and reaching 151 households.
Jodar explained that in the past two months the submission of applications "is accelerating continuously, so that, according to our forecasts, during the month of August will have been given licenses for the reconstruction of more than 800 homes, is that nearly 80 percent of which had to be demolished, which were 1,162. "
In carrying out the reconstruction process, the Department of Earthquake has acted as a 'public assistance', mentoring and guiding those who wanted to rebuild your building throughout the process.
This municipal service has served more than 20,000 citizens, and has now been integrated into the Single Desk for Reconstruction.
The community invests more than 13 million in public spaces
The Minister of Public Works and Planning indicated that the Community has committed to date over 13 million in the recovery of autonomic owned public spaces affected by earthquakes.
"In seven days the Community school activity recovered in the municipality and there was hard work all summer to tackle the most urgent works that allowed all schools normally open in September," said Sevilla.
To date, 17 schools have been autonomous repair work which involves an investment of 10 million euros.
This week has presented the reconstruction project of the Institute Ros Giner, whose works are valued at more than five million euros.
In addition, the representative of the Autonomous Community of Murcia recalled that "in less than a month get reset almost one hundred percent of medical services, and older people attached to damaged residences and are located in Lorca again."
Sevilla said the efforts made by regional managers and other health personnel by the size of the area of ​​influence of their centers in Lorca, whose coverage extends to 12 percent of the regional population.
In the health area have already been earmarked two million euros.
Moreover, the Community spent 1.2 million euros to emergency care to ensure the protection of the population of Lorca in the immediate aftermath of earthquakes, and to meet their basic needs through personal means and materials.
With regard to regional transport infrastructure, the Minister said his department has already drafted the plans for the reconstruction of the section affected by the earthquakes of the RM-701 road, which is linking the district of Lorca Parish.
These works will involve an investment of 600,000 euros.
Promoting socio-economic fabric
And with the 'Special Employment Plan' of the Ministry of Education, Employment and Training, to which the Community has allocated four million euros and insert into the labor market Lorca 480 workers, the City has completed the repair of 60 units of care and service to citizens located in Lorca and continues its work on 20 others, including local social, cultural and sports facilities.
Meanwhile, Inmaculada García said the Insurance Compensation Consortium has already paid an amount of 54.2 million euros for damage caused by earthquakes in more than 99 percent of shops, offices, industries, among others, who have applied for compensation.
These allowances can be augmented with trade support lines involving an injection of more than 50 million euros.
The district of Lorca soon also receive 13 million euros in aid from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism for economic revival and industrial facilitate the creation of stable and quality employment.
These grants are arbitrated as repayable loans to be awarded in extraordinary conditions to promote the viability of industrial projects are launched.
So, have an interest rate of zero percent, so that beneficiaries will not have to pay any amount for this item, or will require the provision of guarantees.
In the same line of economic development of Lorca, the Council of Ministers established the extensions of tax benefits in the Property Tax and Economic Activity 2012, and the deferral of tax debts accrued by the Tax Societies and the Income Tax of Individuals for the year 2011, besides establishing that both aid and compensation of the Insurance Compensation Consortium will not be taxed on income.
The tax benefits are estimated to account for a total of 63.5 million euros.
Have also been set up direct payments of up to 8,000 euros to businesses, both those who had under-insurance and those who were uninsured, which will add about 3 million.
Aid worth 2.5 million euros of the Bureau for Development
Lorca City Council formed the Committee for Development, the entity responsible for managing and distributing among the victims aid donations from the Consistory fruit of charity events that have developed in different parts of Spain, which to date has provided aid amounting than 2.5 million from 4,000 families lorquinas.
The Solidarity Committee is chaired by the mayor of Lorca, and comprises representatives of all political parties in the municipality and political group of the Regional Assembly, platforms and homeless citizens' associations, NGOs, consulates in Ecuador and Morocco, among others, and its meetings are open to participation by all citizens.
The municipal website www.lorca.es reports the status of accounts, the source of donations, as well as help lines established.
'Lorca Plan', a reality
The representative of the regional administration, Antonio Sevilla, explained that the actions set out in their balance sheets are framed "each and every one of them in the 'Plan Lorca' which is the strategic plan we have developed public institutions in order to boost economic and social activity of the municipality. "
"Behind every number, every number, there are hundreds of people who worked closely with the same objective, it will continue that today, we continue with the same philosophy: to rebuild Lorca," said regional director.
Sevilla said that "despite the rapid response of the authorities to ensure essential basic services and the work done in these 12 months, share the plight of many Lorca doubly affected by earthquakes and by the complicated economic situation in Spain ".
According to the regional representative, "the new decree issued by the State articulates smoother and more direct for the reconstruction of the city and also makes writing that Lorca is a matter of state and does the same with the Plan Lorca."
"We had to rebuild such basic services such as supply, Health and Education as well as implement special employment plan, and now it's time to go a step further and revive the city to get back Lorca and its citizens to a better position compared to their pre-disaster, "he said Sevilla.
Source: CARM
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