Fulgencio Gil asks in the meeting of the mayors of Guadalentín organized by Ceclo for the urgent construction of anti-flow dams in Ramblas de Nogalte, Béjar, and Torrecilla, along with the sewer system of Biznaga Rambla.
The first mayor argues that the procedures for drafting the sale of Lorca-Caravaca de la Oliva will be expedited: «It is the only truly effective way to solve the serious congestion problems we face between Lorca and Murcia.»
Fulgencio Gil Jódar, primary: «We are at a decisive moment for our municipalities where transcendental problems will arise that will shape the future of Guadalentín, Almanzora, Los Vélez, Caravaca, and Águilas.»
Tuesday, January 28, 2025. The mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil Jódar, said on Tuesday that «we are at a crucial moment for our municipalities where transcendental problems will arise that will shape the future of Guadalentín, Almanzora, Vélez, Caravaca, and Águilas. Challenges with complex situations that cannot be solved by a single actor, so it is necessary to approach them as a community and collaborate.» He said after the meeting, at Ceclor, of a meeting between the first in Guadalentín and the Caravaca region.
Gil Jódar said that «Tuesday’s meeting is an alliance, a pact, for the development of our territories covering two provinces of two autonomous communities. A fruitful meeting for which we must congratulate the regional confederation of business organizations in Lorca.» And among the challenges posed at the meeting are «to advance in the arrival of the high-speed train, but also to request the recovery of the railway connection with Granada and Almería. And the Lorca-Caravaca-Vânzului Vânului road, which would allow us to improve all connections with the northwest, Madrid, Valencia, and Andalusia, representing an economic activity vector.
Flood defense plan
Meanwhile, he insisted: «We cannot wait any longer to resolve situations like those that have been experienced repeatedly throughout history in the Guadalentín region, as a result of torrential rains. The works must be unblocked and construction of the Nogalte, Béjar, and Torrecilla dams and the Biznaga Rambla canal must start immediately. Lorca, Puerto Lumbreras, Águilas … They experienced situations similar to what Valencia recently experienced. The role of these works is crucial in the face of potential floods, as irrigators, geographers, and architects have revealed in recent weeks.
Lorca, the regional capital of fairs and congresses
The first mayor of Lorca spoke about the «regional key» of the versatility of the infrastructure, such as the Margarita Lozano Auditorium, within the Fair and Congress Complex in Ifelor, a fairground with a wheel garden and Sutulna COSO. «They allow dynamization not only of the municipality but also of the Guadalentín, Almanzora, Vélez, Caravaca, and Águilas regions. Lorca has become the city of fairs, congresses, festivals, sports … and all kinds of massive events that fill hotels in the Guadalentín region, as well as in Almanzora, Vélez, and Murcia.
The infrastructure, he added, «can be used by Lorca, but they are open to the needs of the rest of the municipalities in their environment. It is a comprehensive commitment. In the Economic Code, in community development. The interaction of municipalities from different provinces and autonomous communities, but seeking these types of meetings, alliances, to solve complex problems with an impact as strong as the one played out on Tuesday. I emphasize the challenges that can be addressed individually, but this will be a more immediate development.»
San Diego, regional AVE station while underground works are underway
During the meeting, he emphasized that Lorca is becoming a regional AVE station while underground works are being carried out. «It was an unforgivable mistake to close the train lines that connected Lorca-Almería-Granada. This infrastructure was dismantled against the interests of our municipalities, condemning them to live in the shadow of the development of the Guadalentín, Almanzora, Vélez, and Águilas regions. I have been without trains for over 40 months. In the 21st century, Lorca and the entire Guadalentín Valley, Almanzora, Vélez, and Águilas regions do not have trains. It is crucial to request that Lorca become a reference AVE station for all neighboring regions. We cannot wait for the completion of the underground works.»
He added that «as soon as the roads are available and suitable for trains, the San Diego station must be operational as a provisional station and an AVE, while the rest of the works are completed. The Guadalentín Valley, Almanzora, and Vélez regions, as well as Águilas, cannot continue to be disconnected from a railway with the rest of the country and a collapsed Mediterranean road. In this way, the arrival of the high-speed train would be advanced in a few years, posing as a communications hub for the municipalities I represented here this morning.
Lorca-Caravaca-Salvati via the Olive Road
Regarding the sale of the Lorca-Caravaca de la Olivo road, he insisted that «it will link the waters of the western verte regions, the backbone. A motor to stimulate the social and economic development of the northwest and upper Guadalentín. It would contribute to establishing the population and creating a strategic axis for the agricultural and tourism sectors. The North Highway was collected in the social pact for the infrastructure of the Murcia region, signed by more than 40 entities, including Ceclor and the Lorca Chamber of Commerce. A fundamental highway to establish a population in the districts of Lorca, but also in other populations, as it would shorten travel time. With its construction, Águilas, Lorca, Caravaca de la Cruz, Calasparra, Valencia, and Madrid will be completed. Improving communications between the northwest and the Murcian coast and Andalusia.»
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