The works will be carried out for 20 months by a Joint Venture with participation Lorca, who was the best bidder among the 19 received.
The cloth wall which make these works, financed by the Urban Community Initiative uptown is visible from the Visitor Center.
Local Development Councilwoman City of Lorca, Eulalia Ibarra, and Councilman Recruitment, Francisco Garcia, reported this morning that the Local Government Board today approved the award of the restoration and enhancement of a new section Medieval wall of a Joint Venture with lorquina participation amounting to 1,074,305 euros and a completion period of 20 months.
Ibarra explained that the Consistory rehabilitated thanks to the Urban Community Initiative Uptown Lorca, co-financed by the ERDF and the Consistory, a section of wall of 190 meters between the Rambla and Wells Streets, next to the Visitor Center of 'Lorca Workshop of Time'.
However, the area occupied by the performance area over 5,000 m2, being built space of approximately 240 m2.
Francisco Garcia explained that "work is to perform the consolidation and enhancement of the elements and structures currently known in this section of wall covering 5 towers and 5 curtains or paintings, in addition to a number of outbuildings and remains other canvases and towers. Construction covers a wide time span from the first phase to reform Almoravid eighteenth century, with the latest activities of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. "
The mayor stressed that "this action is in addition to a range of interventions that have been conducted in the medieval walls of the city of Lorca and intends to recover this part of the city as a new urban space. Was intended to restore and consolidate the structures of mud and existing masonry, providing a pedestrian route twice, to retrieve the path of parapet, creating spaces protected relationship amenities. arises creating a small interpretive center inside, by way of a box semiexenta, protected by the wall itself and containments and land protection. The wall will have a flat roof and new open spaces linked to urbanistically treaties ".
Outer space wall bordering receive careful surface treatment, avoiding the creation of large volumes, the installation of large pieces of furniture, or the planting of trees, to avoid total contemplation of the wall layout.
The procedure is based on the use of different materials and pavement texture or coatings level, seeking an image upholstery or carpet floor surface.
Elimination of the transformer and urbanization of Wells Street
Garcia explained that "the process of hiring 19 companies submitted bids and finally the proposal was considered more advantageous includes improvements proposed by the City, ranging from the development of the stretch of Wells Street (including paving and paving Street after the extension of the water supply pipes, sanitation and the provision of services Pipings for lighting, telephone and low voltage) to the elimination of the house and the transformer, with the burial of the airline MV and the construction of a new processing center. "
The aim of this initiative is to improve the urban environment of the city and its value as a historical legacy for social and tourist use.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca