Lorca Mayor said "the new buildings in the most affected area of ​​this district will have only 51 parking spaces to 371, which is a similar number to the places that existed on the surface throughout the area to earthquakes . "
The Minister of Public Works and Planning, Antonio Sevilla, and the Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, today visited the construction work being carried out in several buildings in the Barrio de la Viña of Lorca, one of the most affected by the earthquake of 2011, which highlighted the good progress of housing reconstruction works.
"This momentum in the recovery of lost housing stock is encouraging and demonstrates the courage of a society, able to recover his city urban links in record time," said the counselor.
Sevilla praised the cooperation of the City with the neighbors, which has allowed just over two years all buildings completed the necessary administrative procedures for reconstruction.
A total of more than 700 houses in Lorca are under reconstruction.
The owner of Public Works stated that one of the main objectives of the actions of the Department is "seize the opportunity offered by the urban regeneration of their neighborhoods for the city to position itself as a benchmark, following European standards Recovery its historic and environmental sustainability. "
In this regard, he added that "we intend to facilitate economic development, trade and mobility, create structures to ensure full accessibility and regain the overall image of the city, head of the region".
In this sense, the mayor said that "only in the buildings of the Vine area most affected by the earthquakes are going to go from having 52 to 371 parking spaces, which will certainly improve the quality of life for residents of the neighborhood that even earthquakes only possessed a similar amount of surface parking. "
The Governing Council has already approved the contract for the project design and implementation of urban regeneration in the neighborhoods of La Viña, Alfonso X and San Jose.
Also act in the neighborhoods of San Fernando, San Pedro, San Diego, and the accessibility of the Castle.
In total will go about 53 million euros for the implementation of this broad set of planning activities, to be undertaken by the Ministry of Public Works and Planning in the next three years.
The next milestone in this proceeding will be the award of the works of La Viña, the amount of award amounts to 8,951,793 euros.
Award contracts included as special social status to promote job creation, the requirement that the contractor incorporates, at a minimum, 25 percent of people aged under 30 years.
The works involve the renewal of urban infrastructure, the release of public space and the pedestrian road.
In addition, also include equipment for culture and recreation activities encourage social activity dynamization.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca