The Mayor explained that the aim is that this attraction is as soon as possible, while the area was repopulated the old town, preventing these streets are empty from three in the afternoon.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, has reported this morning that "the Artisan Quarter will be a reality very soon thanks to the agreement by the City Council with the State Corporation Lorca Partition Land (SEPES), which is responsible for building the entire block Selgas located on the street in maintaining the project area for artisans in the basement, as planned, and substituting the administrative offices planned housing height affected by earthquakes. "
Jodar has emphasized that "this project maintains its original essence, but with the idea that contribute simultaneously to repopulate the historical district, and has been presented to political parties, neighbors and city organizations, which have supported. "
"With this agreement, we hope that this historic area not be empty since noon and especially at night, and will be built about 60 homes, ensuring movement of people almost all the time. At the same time, daily of these new neighbors, increase the business environment, which also will be increased by the visit of tourists to artisan own neighborhood, "added the mayor.
Replaces two less suitable sites
"This proposal is a very central to house families made homeless by the earthquake and are now living in other municipalities or districts away," said the mayor.
In this sense, this project will replace the school's planned vs. Juan Gonzalez, because it is an open space used by school buses, and La Hoya, it is removed from the environment of usual residence of the victims.
These options were initially raised by being the only building land for housing as previously planned.
The mayor has recalcad that "the agreement with SEPES allow the artisan district is before the dates in the last days we were brainstorming, but also speed up the time for housing for the homeless, for it is available geotechnical study and excavation archaeological. also be able to build more than 18 homes on lots that have been discarded, but kept the 39 planned for the Vineyard, so that will be nearly a hundred in these two areas. "
The Mayor explained that the aim is that this attraction is as soon as possible, while the area was repopulated the old town, preventing these streets are empty from three in the afternoon.
"We will have the artisan district before and more housing for the homeless, most central and contributing to the recovery of historic," the mayor, who hopes that this group of houses local artisans and generate a contagion effect of reactivating the area following the criteria proposed by the Council of Europe experts, backed by all parties.
Finally, Francisco Jodar said that these houses will be VPO for rent to own and if not to be acquired by the tenants will be removed for sale as subsidized housing for young people, but none as social housing.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca