The mayor explained that the technical criteria of the replacement trees to create the infrastructure that will include a bike path and creating new green areas considered necessary, while reducing traffic and therefore pollution of the city
The council Works, Parks and Gardens of the City of Lorca, Eulalia Ibarra has reported that "the construction of the section of the ring road of the city between the Puente de Vallecas and the fast lane roundabout Eagles includes increasing the number existing in this part of this essential fluid communication path trees to make a more accessible and livable city. "
Ibarra explained that "today completed the removal of trees, which generated dirt in narrow inaccessible sidewalks that constrained, and to be replaced following the technical criteria considered essential to replace the trees unprotected to run the four central lanes and incorporation, along the sidewalk, new green areas and the bike path that in the near future will border the city safely on two non-polluting vehicles wheels ".
Eulalia Ibarra explained that "the project includes maintenance of existing trees between the roundabout in the San Fernando and fast track of Eagles and, following reports of technicians Hydrographic Confederation of Segura, a pipeline will be installed under the new lanes. "
"This project, long awaited by Lorca, improve the binding of downtown and the Virgen de las Huertas and reduce traffic and therefore pollution of the city, but also become a way of emergency evacuation, "he explained the mayor.
The council has explained that "the start of construction of the south round has been possible thanks to the efforts of Mayor Francisco Jodar, with which it has made Lorca can take advantage of European funds that Spain would have to return if not invested before end of the year on a project like this to obtain the approval of the European Union ".
Since Mayor Francisco Jodar is they have created in the municipality around 200,000 m2 of new green areas and also in the last term they have been planted over 8,000 trees in forest areas.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca