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Lorca is still the priority for public institutions as evidenced by the financial effort aimed at preferred actions for the city
The coordination and cooperation of the authorities allows the 'Plan Lorca +' enables the recovery of the municipality
The mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, the Minister of Public Works and Planning, Antonio Sevilla, and Commissioner for Reconstruction and Economic Recovery Zone Lorca, Inmaculada García, today presented the 'Economic Recovery Plan' of the region, part of the so called 'Plan Lorca +', which began after the earthquake of 2011, which represents an investment estimated at 1201.96 million.
The plan presented is aimed at promoting the growth of Lorca, with concrete actions ranging from increased economic activity and the generation of employment, improving competitiveness, modernization of enterprises or the evolution towards a diversified economic model sustainable over time.
Thus, in the next seven years, Lorca receive more than 533 million euros
The three institutional representatives agreed that coordination and collaboration between the authorities involved has allowed the 'Plan Lorca +' enables the recovery of the municipality, now complete with activities for the economic and social revitalization of the city and its region.
The Government of Spain, through the Commissioner for Reconstruction and Economic Recovery Zone Lorca, poses an economic recovery plan with a vision, which means investors join forces and private enterprise to boost economic growth to reverse in improving the quality of life of all Lorca.
The commissioner explained that to achieve the objectives set for this Plan has undertaken a thorough identification and specification of the actions to follow, both sectoral (agriculture, livestock, industry, tourism and trade), and transverse to affect various sectors and innovative and unique projects.
Moreover, the plan aims to support entrepreneurship by establishing measures to encourage the creation of new projects, support tools enabling the entrepreneur.
Inmaculada Garcia said that "the strategy of the plan is to drive transformation actions of the local economy in which collaboration is necessary, together with the authorities, entrepreneurs and businessmen."
Thus, the commissioner added, "promotes short-term access to national and European funding of local initiatives, while medium and long term providing for an increase of resources for Lorca develop their projects."
Therefore, the plan draws on funds from the budgets of public administrations involved, loans from financial institutions such as the EIB public, private initiatives, and especially European funds.
In this regard it is noteworthy that with ERDF and ESF funds, we must have a new instrument are the funds for the Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI), which aims to support specific regions in which there is a strategy development, with actions defined and articulated administrative authority for execution.
Performances by economic sectors of Plan
As for agriculture, as relevant economic sector in the area, and in order to expand their expertise and competitiveness, improvements arise irrigators access to water resources, greater productivity and more employment efficient.
"These improvements are realized in access to water Desalination Eagles who will provide water to 4,000 acres of irrigated consolidated modernization of irrigation in The Tertia, affecting 900 hectares, of which 870 will benefit irrigators, and execution of repairs to bridges boulevards and correction, "said Garcia.
Furthermore, commitment to agricultural products with higher added value and increased productivity to facilitate the installation of cogeneration systems in greenhouses and aid for crop varietal conversion, all geared to the excellence of this sector in the market.
With respect to industry, has already launched the new call REINDUS program to support new projects and dissemination of public support for R + D + I, through the Ministry of Research, Development and Innovation.
On trade, "the priority is to build a quality and this poses create a path linking the historic center of the city with the complex formed by the Castle and Parador".
Along this path, it promotes the installation of shops, construction of park and ride, actions on facades and common spaces, the use of environmentally sustainable transport.
"With this action we try to expand the commercial provision of Lorca to be completed with a helpline traditional trade promoted by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness", Inmaculada García said.
IBI bonuses, support the landlord in the lease processing and execution of a feasibility study to reshape supply markets and its surroundings complete the proposals of the Plan.
Furthermore, the Commissioner recalled that "cultural tourism was one of the most severely affected by the earthquake. Economic recovery plan expected to act on 108 buildings, not to mention that the game than 1 percent remains a source Cultural preferential finance and encourage private investment through tax benefits under the Law of Patronage ".
In total, an estimated investment of around 60 million euros.
Infrastructure
The economic revival of Lorca and the region also pose continuing the line of work initiated in infrastructure and housing after the earthquake of 2011, "said Garcia.
He noted that the construction of the escape route south-central and the adequacy of the Avenida Juan Carlos I to decongest traffic space, winning for tourism and trade.
Regarding the escape route, whose budget is around 50 million, noted that its construction is provide fast connections to major urban roads with high capacity roads.
Furthermore, the crosscutting nature of the plan to develop a feasibility study for the creation of an intermodal center that connects industrial production and rail transport as well as the rehabilitation of the fairgrounds in Santa Quiteria, all of them to promote the revitalization of trade and industry.
Finally, although the economic revival of Lorca and the region and the implementation of the planned actions involving job creation, the commissioner said "have established lines of action aimed at groups who have higher rates of unemployment, such as young , long-term unemployed, women, disabled and older than 45 years. "
Lorca, government priority
For his part, Minister of Public Works and Planning Autonomous explained that spends more than 326.5 million euros to the recovery of the city of Lorca.
Sevilla said that "the regional government's priority remains Lorca, and it shows the financial efforts of the regional administration to provide budget to all actions for the city."
The regional representative explained that "the intention of the Autonomous Community is to seize the opportunity offered by the urban regeneration of their neighborhoods for the city to position itself as a benchmark, following the criteria of the European recovery historic and environmental sustainability ".
To this end, the regional administration renewed the neighborhoods of La Vina, San Fernando, San Pedro and neighborhoods Altos, San Diego, Alfonso X, San Jose, Urbanization of the Angels and Apollonia, Alameda de Cervantes, and Santa Clara avenues, Europe and adjacent streets and Eulogio Periago and Avellaneda, and other neighborhood of San Cristobal.
Within this program also include the study of seismic microzonation and is drafting the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, the mobility plan of Lorca, as well as access to the Castle.
Antonio Sevilla said that "from the Ministry intend to facilitate economic development, trade and mobility, create structures to ensure full accessibility and regain the overall image of the city, among other issues."
Moreover, the Ministry of Public Works and Planning is holding the recovery of 120 kilometers of roads covering 17 regional roads network.
In the area of ​​private housing, regional representative stated that the Joint Commission has already solved more than 86 percent of aid cases presented, involving grants of 52.1 million euros, 50 percent financed by the regional and state administrations.
In addition, his department is facing repair damaged public housing, allocating more than 906 217 euros for his works, 766 049 of which have already been executed.
The Minister of Public Works and Planning gave an overview of the activities carried out by the regional government for the recovery of 34 schools.
Currently the Ros Secondary School is under construction and Giner, IES Ramón Arcas is about to be bid.
After normalization of health and social services, the regional administration is addressing hiring Lorca Health Center and Center is being written the Health Center project area Lorca.
Antonio Sevilla showed that, get sufficient funding for recovery Lorca's rich cultural heritage has also been a constant regional government during these two years, and the infrastructure necessary for the revitalization of agriculture, animal husbandry and trade, of vital importance for the municipality.
The Minister said that "this huge repertoire of enforcement actions taken and show, once again, the economic and planning effort undertaken by the regional government in these times, based on the firm and responsible Lorca, we have articulated through a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), valued at 185 million euros. "
The City Council allocated almost 24 million to the recovery of the city
The mayor of Lorca took stock of the action taken since May 2011 for "The City Council has allocated almost € 24 million to the recovery."
In emergency tasks, the municipality invested EUR 3.9 million in municipal infrastructure recovery almost 6.5 million in social services 3.4 million in tax relief to victims of earthquakes 2.5 million in services and public works and more than 3 million, almost 1.2 million in the recovery of sports facilities.
And thanks to the collaboration of the Government of the Nation, have launched measures to revive the commercial fabric, helping merchants and restaurateurs, opening a new market hall or the creation of the shopping center of the Vineyard.
On the other hand, is in process of rebuilding 20 properties belonging to neighboring communities that are 390 homes plus 40 other family houses.
"The rebuilding process is in full swing and as each month are more communities begin their work," said Jodar.
The City Council gave the green light to the reconstruction of more than 1,000 dwellings, 1,152 inhabited and had to be demolished.
Work is about 70,800 meters square, while licenses represent 106,000 meters square, 70 percent of the area demolished.
The mayor called the investment effort that is being made as "historic, because never in the history of this ancient city has produced a current investment like this in which the estimated investment per capita amount to 5,600 euros."
"The investment to be made in our city will be similar to municipal budget over seven years and a half or at 31 times the Plan E" argued Jodar.
Jodar said that "the three administrations joining efforts demonstrate our commitment to execute the necessary investments, after a thorough study, coordinating the financing and timing, so that the investor map positively influence throughout the municipality."
"Thanks to these investments will be nationwide Lorca city unique opportunities.'s Economic revitalization is guaranteed from now until 2020, which is great news for the present and future of this city and its neighbors after much suffering "said the mayor.
The representatives of the local authority, regional and state stressed that the projects presented today as part of the 'Plan Lorca +' are supported financially and therefore are actual shares present and future.
They also recalled that this Plan was launched May 12, 2011 and since the beginning have been implicated the three institutions, not to mention private initiative, in perfect coordination with the ultimate goal of serving the common interest of the people of Lorca .
Source: CARM
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