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José Ballesta supervises the works of the Aljucer Municipal Center and visits the Virgen de Los Dolores garden and the Paseo Doctor José Gil Ortiz park, two green areas with more than 8,000 m2 of pedestrians and trails, as well as children's games and modern living areas.The Murcia City Council is developing three actions of public interest in Aljucer, for which the district has received an injection of more than half a million euros, which aims to open new spaces to residents and create healthier environments that prioritize pedestrian mobility.The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, along with the councilor for Urban Development and Administration Modernization, José Guillén, and the councilor for the districts and neighborhoods, Marco Antonio Fernández, supervised this morning the works of the Aljucer Municipal Center, which involve the remodeling Completes the building and the construction of a first floor, and visited the Virgen de Los Dolores garden and the Paseo Doctor José Gil Ortiz park, two green areas that total almost 190 square meters of pedestrians."The improvement of public spaces in the districts of Murcia is a priority for the Murcia City Council," said José Ballesta, who added that "promote clean mobility and physical activity, and promote sustainability with the creation of new green environments to maintain levels of environmental quality, such as the Virgen de Los Dolores gardens and the Paseo Doctor José Gil Ortiz, are two strategic principles of the Consistory ”.Specifically, the City Council has allocated more than 552,000 euros to the improvement of these public spaces - to the remodeling and expansion of the municipal center of the district, and to the renovation of the Virgen de Los Dolores garden and the children's play areas of the Paseo Doctor José Gil Ortiz–.The new Municipal Center will have an area of ??560m2 and will have a first floorAnother of the strategic objectives of the City Council is to return and open public spaces to Murcia, through its transformation and improvement.The main action in the existing building of the Municipal Center of Aljucer, located on Calle Iglesia, consists of the remodeling of the entire ground floor and the construction of a first floor, where the auditorium with a capacity of up to 154 people - multipurpose room -, toilets and lobbies.For its part, the ground floor will have three classrooms, a 24-hour study room with capacity for 44 students, toilets, cleaning rooms, three offices, an administration file and lobbies - one of them houses the communication staircase with the first floor and the elevator, serving in turn as exhibition space.
In this way, the center, which until now had 365 square meters, will have an area of ??more than 560 square meters and will have a maximum capacity of 312 people.The works are scheduled to finish in May 2021.
The remodeling and expansion of the municipal center represents a total investment of 421,530 euros.Children's games in the Paseo Doctor José Gil OrtizSpecifically, in the Paseo Doctor José Gil Ortiz, which has an area of ??180 square meters, the children's play areas have been renovated, taking advantage of the natural shaded spaces.
In this environment, continuous rubber pavement has been installed and a fence has been set up that surrounds the children's play area, as well as an indicative sign with the recommended ages for each of the games, including rockers, slides, a climbing mesh…As a whole, this new space is a children's play castle.
New urban furniture has also been installed.
The budget for the award of this project is 54,816 euros.A new path, picnic tables and lounge chairs in the Virgen de Los Dolores gardenFor its part, the Virgen de Los Dolores garden, over 8,000 square meters, has been completely renovated, incorporating new elements to promote outdoor sports, such as picnic tables and a calisthenics circuit, as well as enabling new living areas with wooden deckchairs that are characterized by having curved spaces in which to sit and rest.
The budget for the award of this project is 77,774 euros.In addition, the old lane of the park has been conditioned, improving its appearance and accessibility and, thus, creating a new path of almost 900 square meters that is marked with beacons from the City Council that indicate the distance traveled."These new green areas will join other healthy environments that are already emblematic in the municipality, such as Murcia Río, the Greenway or the new pedestrian axes of Alfonso X El Sabio and the Gran Vía on Sundays," said the Murcia councilman.
In addition, perimeter benches have been installed to protect the park and the sports courts have been restored.Identification landmark and garden areasIn addition, this garden will have an identifying milestone that will give identity to the park and that will contribute to the collective imagination of the users.
The park, which has been paved, is surrounded by new landscaped areas and has trees such as pine, jacaranda and hackberry trees.
It also features nest boxes.Smart City: a new more sustainable smart irrigation systemThe garden irrigation system, whose area of ??operation is 3,100 square meters, has been modernized and is controlled by satellite, telematically, minimizing losses.
This system allows irrigation to be adapted to the environmental conditions and water needs of each moment.The modernization of the irrigation system is part of the Murcia Smart City municipal strategy, which is developed through the MiMurcia project, the smart city model that puts the latest technological innovations at the service of people, improving the quality of life of Murcians and environmental sustainability.Closed areas due to the health crisisIt should be remembered that certain areas of the Virgen de Los Dolores garden and the Paseo Doctor José Gil Ortiz park will remain fenced until it is time to open them, due to the health crisis.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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