| The City Council allocates 154,431 euros for the renovation of this park and the children's playground on Calle Mayor de Torreagüera, two actions that promote the public spaces of the district | The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, together with the councilor for Urban Development and Modernization of the Administration, José Guillén, and the councilor for Pedanías and Barrios, Marco Antonio Fernández, visited this morning the Montegrande Garden, in Torreagüera, a completely renovated space that opens for the more than 9,000 residents of the district with more natural shading areas and a picnic area surrounded by more than 200 trees, among other novelties.“The Montegrande garden, of 20,000 m2, which aspires to become a benchmark for the social gathering of the residents of Torreagüera, joins other healthy areas of the municipality, such as Murcia Río, the municipal plan that has recently begun its second phase and that it arrives with more green areas, sports spaces, new connecting walkways and river paths that will enhance the Segura landscape over 2 million square meters, "said José Ballesta.Specifically, the City Council has allocated an investment of 124,431 euros to renovate this park.200 trees, climbing plants and enhancement of cassavaLikewise, the City Council has worked on planting more climbing plants that cover the pergola of the Montegrande park and new green areas, which are more resistant to pests and represent a reduction in maintenance costs, reducing irrigation and carrying out a more efficient and responsible use of water.In addition, around thirty new trees have been planted in this environment, in addition to the existing ones, giving rise to a total of 209 specimens.
The park's trees have also increased with the planting of more shrub species, which will provide an increase in biodiversity in the area, as well as natural shading spaces, highlighting cassava and other specimens existing in this environment.This action, which is a commitment to environmental benefits, is completed with the installation of nests / drinking fountains / hotels for insects, which will improve pollination.New children's games, bio-healthy devices and an urban mural that decorates the central area of ??the parkAmong the actions carried out in the park, the adaptation of a new picnic area for the residents and the realization of an urban tattoo with artistic motifs that decorates the center of the garden, in addition to the renovation of the children's play area, which has with innovative elements such as climbing ropes.In Montegrande, a new sports space has also been enabled with bio-healthy devices and the canine recreation area has been renovated, as well as elements such as street furniture in the central square with anti-graffiti benches.
The irrigation system has humidity sensors and is connected to the weather station.New children's play area for Torreagüera families on Calle MayorAnother of the actions that the Consistory has carried out to improve the quality of life of the residents of the district is the remodeling of the children's area that until now was located between Carillo street and Calle Mayor, whose games have been renovated and relocated to Calle Mayor - swing, slide and docks - a space that has been fenced and paved with rubber slabs.
The City Council has allocated an investment of about 30,000 euros to this action.Special cleaning and disinfection deviceThe City Council has carried out an intensive cleaning and disinfection campaign both in the Montegrande Garden and in the children's play area, where municipal operators have also signaled the play area and biohealthy elements with informative signs that indicate the capacity of each space.
and the safety distance, among other indications.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia