The Town Planning of the City of Lorca, Francisco Garcia announced today that two of the most ambitious municipal councils have gained important new momentum.
Garcia explained that the award is the wording of the first tranche of the planned Central Round.
We are talking about the stretch between the intersection of the N-340-a-Apolonia to the Glorieta de San Diego.
This award is a big step in the administrative procedures that enable the construction of essential infrastructure for backbone traffic in the city of Lorca.
This Round South-Central could channel up to 20,000 vehicles per day that urban traffic congestion and allow proper development of the city.
The wording of the draft has been awarded LYCCSA, a company with proven experience in writing this type of project which consists of a large staff of specially trained for this type of work available to the drafting of a team of three engineers Caminos, Canales y Puertos, two graduates in geology, an Industrial Engineer and agricultural technical engineers, public works and surveyors.
Garcia has said that "both the draft has been awarded a total of 76,818 and the deadline for submission of work is six months.
The section on which it will act consists of two subsections, one comes from the intersection with N340a to a first roundabout with a length of 450 meters and a platform of 26 meters wide, in this subsection shall be the first structure to save the junction with the railway line.
The second subsection will be from the roundabout to the roundabout of San Diego and have a length of 1,100 meters and a width of 20 meters platform.
The specific rate specified in the project is 60 km / h in the first subsection will have four lanes of 3.5 meters, a median of 2 meters, inside and outside shoulders of 1 meter and 3 meter sidewalks, in the second subsection will also have four lanes of 3.5 meters, 2 meters and median shoulders, interior and exterior, 1 meter.
Planning Councilman has detailed that "the total estimated budget for the implementation of the works included in this section is € 4,100,000.
The resolution adopted by the Board of Management on the award of contract drafting the Round Building South-Central in its first section, is the real beginning of the administrative record that will allow the construction of the infrastructure demanded by society long Lorca and is not only a first step that will lead to future implementation of the second leg of this round South-Central and the implementation of another round scheduled in the planning, Round South.
The beginning of this file is also a commitment by the municipality of Lorca to be appropriate to increase the bidding for public works to help ease the effects of a crisis that has been especially intense in the sector.
Within the set of measures that the City is taking to tackle the current economic situation, with many sectors in crisis, the construction of this first round is another element at the same time will help to structure the city from the point of view communications infrastructure and help to gain some space to incorporate an extraordinary value to our city. "
Nearly 2 million for the works in the vicinity of the Plaza of Spain, which will begin after Easter
Francisco García has stated that "counting all possible precautions when it comes to remodeling of the Plaza of Spain and its environment, we anticipate that if everything runs normally works should start after the next Easter, and would be completed, if or setbacks occur in mid-2010.
The agreement provides for the financing of this first phase with an amount of just over 1.9 million Euros, of which the Regional Directors will provide 1.3 million Euros, showing once again its sensitivity to the initiatives that are based on Lorca, especially those aimed at the conservation and enhancement of its historic center.
This involves obtaining funding to address definitely a project widely demanded by citizens lorquina and business and social groups in the city. "
Planning Councilman anticipated that "the record for awarding the contract for the project design and supervision of works is proposed for an amount of 60,000 € plus VAT.
and the deadline for submission of work is two months since the signing of the contract award.
Once signed the cooperation agreement between the Autonomous Community and the City, which will in the near future, and that the project has been delivered by the team successful tenderer shall arrange a competition for the award of the implementation of works, works should start at the end of the Easter of 2009, so they are not interrupted the processions.
Garcia stressed that "with these steps is given the final impetus to carry out one of the most important projects that the government team has planned for this term.
Retrieve the Plaza of Spain, now badly damaged, is a major challenge.
The Plaza is one of the hubs of Lorca both monumental point of view, was declared a historic-artistic by the Decree of 5 March 1964, and social, in their environment are the City Council, the Courts, the Chamber of Commerce, the Bar, so any action to be executed must be especially careful with that environment that is especially sensitive to the great social burden is the venue.
If everything runs normally in mid-2010 these works will be completed and Lorca have recovered a complex of streets and squares that provide extraordinary value to the surrounding monumental. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca