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The Minister Manuel Campos Momentum in this performance, eliminating architectural barriers and make the district a model of sustainability

The Ministry of Development, Public Works and Planning awarded the renovation of the district of San Diego city Lorca, whose purpose is the renovation of roads, expansion of public and educational spaces, green areas and service facilities urban neighborhood that are municipal public domain.

The total cost of the work amounted to 4.9 million euros.

With the project, all areas of San Diego shall be connected by a transverse corridor, Avenue of Europe, which is transformed into a large mall with four lanes of vehicular traffic and a wide pedestrian promenade, to be completed with a bike lane.

In this regard, the Minister Manuel Campos stressed that "it is facilitating economic, commercial development and mobility, build infrastructure to ensure full accessibility and regain the overall image of the city."

He also noted that "the pedestrianization of streets aims to promote accessibility and enable the connection between neighborhoods, removing architectural barriers that exist today," explaining that, moreover, "are to carry out other complementary actions that will of this section a model of energy efficiency and sustainability. "

The project will also address the management of parking, so that neighbors have of parking near their homes, facilitate the distribution of goods and provide appropriate spaces for people with disabilities.

Citizen Participation

The Minister Manuel Campos referred to participation that will have the neighbors in this remodeling process, which "will have a direct participation through suggestions that can be incorporated to improve the final draft works."

He also stressed that "one of the priorities of the regional government is promoting youth employment", so the contract, for which received a total of 13 offers, "includes as a special condition of social for job promotion the requirement that the contractor incorporates, at a minimum, 25 percent of workers under 30 years. "

Renewal of the city

The San Diego project is part of the agreement signed between the regional government and the city of Lorca to facilitate the realization of a wide range of urban renewal activities in different parts of the city, worth over 52 million euros .

Since the works are started in the neighborhoods of Vine and Alfonso X and actions are driving in San Jose, San Fernando, San Pedro and other areas of the Highlands neighborhoods and accessibility to the works of Lorca Castle.

In addition, the Ministry of Public Works and the City of Lorca are finalizing a new agreement that will contain a new phase of urban renewal activities in streets and public spaces in the city for more than 32 million euros.

Source: CARM