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The Municipal Socialist Group Spokesperson, Manuel Soler, began his appearance by reference "to another failure of the Government of Rajoy with Lorca + Plan.'s State Budget for 2014 do not include the second phase of the pipeline for desalinated water. The Socialists have tabled an amendment and, to our surprise, the PP voted against. "

Soler has warned that "works for the conveyance of desalinated water to Lorca and Puerto Lumbreras will suffer delay. No item in the State Budget 2014 for the second phase and the first truck tubes manufactured in Vitoria bound for the first phase has been returned due to manufacturing defects. "

"It is incredible that the PP has voted against the amendment tabled by the Socialist Group in the General State Budget for 2014, watching a game of EUR 4.3 million for the installation of the second phase of the pipeline" he added.

Lorca The mayor stressed that "last September 17, the Minister of Agriculture visited Lorca to witness the start of construction of the pipeline to convey water from the desalination plant from the Cerro Colorado Eagles to the hamlets of Pozo Higuera , almond and Listen. Mr. Arias Cañete committed, and so stated in the contract made between ACUAMED and the company that performed the work, they will be completed in the last week of June 2014.'ve been more than 3 months and has not yet been buried a single tube. "

The social responsibility has held that "the Government of Spain delayed the works to put pressure on irrigators and get an upward revision in the price of desalinated water, which was signed by commercial contract on October 10, 2006 at a price of 0, € 36 m3. Subsequently, in 2011, was granted by the CHS 23 hm3 granting the Community Irrigation Lorca and 11,254 hectares of irrigated consolidated regularized. worth remembering that the pipe is the first phase 4,500 hectares will serve the rest will have to wait, not having enough water The price farmers currently pay for water drawn from wells ranges between 0.50 and 0.60 euros/m3,.. worst being this quality. "

Manuel Soler finished stressing that "with 80% of public money and the rest of Lorca irrigators, € 2.5 million for the purchase of the tubes at a factory in Vitoria intended. All this exists in other Lorca, Noksel Spain. We must stress that these are the only two companies that manufacture this type of material in our country. should not forget that in addition to paying a cost overrun of more than 200,000 euros in transport, it turns out that the delay and defects in manufacturing and accumulate three months unable to install the pipe. A lamentable "management.

Source: PSOE Lorca