The Council of the Planning Department held last May 19th agreed to a provisional award of works for the redevelopment of the plazas of Spain and Cardinal Belluga Cano, works that constitute the first phase of an ambitious project that proposes the replacement all that part of the historic Lorca, along with that of James Street, Poplar, Cava and others that will be addressed in phases.
Councilman Planning, Francisco García has said that "the award ends a process that began with the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Autonomous Region and the Municipality of Lorca for joint financing of the project works, showing a more sensitivity to the initiatives of the municipality, continued with the award of the writing project team of architects Architects Ilundai Lorca, SL and now concludes with the award of the works "
Garcia explained that "the project was tendered on the basis of expected performance urban redevelopment and the adequacy of an area of just over 4,018 m2 (Plaza of Spain: 2,298 m2, Plaza del Caño: 639 m2, Plaza del Cardenal Belluga: front of 834 m2 and 247 m2 San Patricio).
The action involves the implementation of a new pavement of granite natural stone flooring, for which again the plot is defining it, the abolition of certain areas of traffic, underground urban services are implemented, including a storm drain is place a new street furniture, although certain elements, such as street lights be kept current, etc.
The goal is to win a large public space in the area where the real protagonist is the pedestrian (passed around more than 800 m2 of pedestrian space and nearly 2,300 m2), for this action is conceived with the intention of creating a homogeneous area in the center that promotes regeneration Lorca's architectural heritage by improving the urban environment through the revitalization, appropriateness and value of urban spaces.
The basic criterion is that the end result does not compete with the monumental environment that supports it, but pass unnoticed and in any case, supplementing it.
The Councillor also referred to "three squares are solved based on a natural granite stone flooring, the design in grid form has its origin in the current pavement and references to how this solution works in other places with similar characteristics.
This same proposal, although slightly modified, applies to the streets of the scope defined in the proposal, and, by extension, once the rest of the streets of the historic center of Lorca.
In the Plaza of Spain, the differentiation between the pedestrian area and the shot is done by modifying the pattern of the flooring and the roughness of the material.
The action reduces traffic lanes to a minimum, giving the width of the streets coming and suppress the traffic areas along the San Patricio carrerón and along the Chapterhouses, while removing all the public parking; of Thus, the plaza, designed as a place to stay and rest, grow with those spaces.
The separation of pedestrian areas is resolved with the furniture so that in the absence of traffic the result is a single space.
Both define a slight cut valley areas where they will have scuppers to prevent accumulation of water on the side facades.
The street furniture based bank raised double natural stone, those located on the south side will inform the streetlights.
The adjudication process have attended eleven tenderers comprising firms and business groups, among which were several highly regarded nationally, which confirms the huge interest generated by a project that is extremely symbolic for Lorca.
The project was tendered for a total of € 1,949,643 and a 30 'lead time material from the works of nine months.
The company that eventually was awarded is ENRIQUE ORTIZ E HIJOS CIVIC WORKS, SA and the final budget allocation was € 1,325,757.45, with a proposed implementation period of four months and a half since the start of construction This represents a substantial decline in both the price and the time originally planned.
We are therefore faced with an agreement that will finally allow a project to address long demanded by the public lorquina and business and social groups in the city and enable to carry out, at last, 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 administrative, in your 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.
Once they had to reject previous projects because they were overly aggressive and iconoclastic to the current image and its surroundings, the City Council will launch a project that is quite respectful and dignified this space.
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.
2 .- The Management Board adopted a series of agreements aimed to promote and facilitate the installation of renewable energy in Lorca .-
In order to streamline administrative procedures for licensing, the Board of Management agreed in meetings held last February 19, April 8 and November 8, 2008, to authorize the City Council Planning and Sustainable Development to grant resolution by building permits, installation, opening and any action related to the formalities of social or temporary installation files relating to photovoltaic installations, all motivated by the urgency of time contemplating the various provisions governing the allocation mechanism pay by registration in a register of assignment of remuneration for the earmarking of contributions.
On 7 May, the BOE issued a Royal Decree Law 6 / 2009, by adopting certain measures in the energy sector and extends the earmarking mechanism already provided compensation for photovoltaic to all renewable energy .
Thus, consistent with the need for continuity and expectations of these investments, as well as to define a progressive pattern of implementation of this technology in the municipality of Lorca, in a clear attempt to promote alternative energy in it, is at the Management Council extended the measures, intended to speed up processing the files to not see the business expectations dashed, to all proceedings relating to renewable energy, remains pending state legislation that sets earmarking system of remuneration.
3 .- The Management Council approved a new agreement of cooperation between various entities that allow the burial of networks and services and street paving Fernando V. -
Lorca City Council, following its policy of underground networks and cable services in our city, will perform at Calle Fernando V.
To do this again uses the formula already used in other roads in the municipality, namely the signing of a collaboration agreement to be concluded with Natural Gas Company, Aguas de Lorca, the Bar Association of Lorca and porcelain; an agreement that is intended to implement the redevelopment of the street in a coordinated and distributed to companies and institutions the amount of paving and surface treatment arrangement, an amount which amounts to 12,539 euros '46.
Councilman planning, Francisco García, explained that "this government team remains committed to the works of underground networks of different services are performed causing the least harm to the neighbors, avoiding the continuous and successive surveys of streets and avoiding unnecessary costs for municipal coffers. "
In this regard following the coordination of interventions intended to conduct Natural Gas, Aguas de Lorca and Bar in this street and "the fruit of that effort will be formalized this agreement, which aims to continue the line started in other similar features, allowing a comprehensive performance improvement of a public road and services, minimizing the negative effects of these interventions and without entailing a substantial decline for the municipal budget, especially at a time like the present where, despite being essential austerity, we can not make investments which regenerate our road network, "he added.
It should be noted at this point the effort this time made the commercial PORCELANOSA involved in the agreement giving the floor to be used in surface treatment of the street pavement and that according to modern management techniques amply meets all the features of durability, safety and aesthetics due on any such action.
The City of Lorca reached an agreement and coordination of activities both as economic and involvement with these companies and institutions, which in this way will run a series of works related to their activities and needs in the said street in concert.
Upon completion of these infrastructure works, which will make each of the companies involved in this Convention, according to technical criteria for the award, being the sole responsibility of all aspects of Employment Security, Social, Civil, ... will be undertaken the paving and final settlement of the streets, according to a draft drawn up by experts from the Urban Planning Department.
4 .- The Board of Management approves the second certification, amounting to € 13,922, for works NÚÑEZ MAPLE STREET PAVING AND SPIN .-
The Management Council approved the second certification issued by CONSTRUCCIONES SL FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ALCAZAR, amounting to € 13,922 for works NÚÑEZ MAPLE STREET PAVING AND SPIN.
This work is being executed precisely as a result of a collaboration agreement similar to the previous one, signed on that occasion between the Council and Natural Gas, Telephone and Water Lorca to run the remodeling of two streets in a coordinated and distributed to the companies cost of paving and surface treatment arrangement, works amounting in total to 43,330 euros.
5 .- Installation .- Licenses
The Board of Management Installation License granted for the activity, Central handling and marketing of horticultural products in the Provincial Purias.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca