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| Which has had to be cordoned off due to the collapse of its swamp | The Local Police have sealed off the surroundings and the old Oliver mill reservoir, in Aljucer, given the risk of collapse in the area, which is sunk a few meters downstream from the millThe associations AJVA and HUERMUR demand that the falsework in poor condition of the Barreras ditch be eliminated, and that the old reservoir that is preserved under the sunken firm be recovered, since BIC is startedConservation entities demand that the City Council execute once and in a subsidiary way the complete reconstruction of the building, demolished in 2008, and that the Urban Planning Department ordered to rebuildThe surrounding area that was shaped several decades ago, which had been used as a parking lot, has been precariously cordoned off, given the risk of collapse of the pavement, which presents great damagePhotos of the area are attached, with the mill without rebuilding and the bending over the reservoir of the acequia with damage and subsidenceThe AJVA Association and the HUERMUR Association have demanded that the Murcia City Council "carry out the total reconstruction of Oliver's mill at once", that 12 years after its partial demolition and "10 years after the sanction that ordered its reconstruction continues deteriorating, now with the collapse of its swamp ", which has had to be cordoned off by the Local Police of Murcia.Conservation entities have warned that "in a precarious way, with plastic tapes and some fences and discs, the bending of the main canal of Barreras has been cordoned off in the surroundings of the Oliver Mill", a few meters downstream, after verifying the sinking of this area of ??the canal and the danger that pedestrians and vehicles could run, since the area was also used as a car park.For the AJVA and HUERMUR associations, which have been defending the conservation and protection of the irrigation channels in the Huerta de Murcia for more than a decade, as well as demanding the reconstruction of the Oliver Mill, "there is no explanation whatsoever for the City Council to continue without to enforce its own administrative acts, and to carry out the complete and real reconstruction of the mill at once ", as the Urban Planning Department resolved in 2010, after a sanctioning procedure that lasted since 2008.The entities claim to the council that "if you really believe in the recovery of the Huerta de Murcia, forget to continue making or restoring piping and painting the concrete in colors, promote the recovery of the authentic riverbeds and discover the Molino de Oliver reservoir , since the main canal of Barreras is initiated as BIC "as well as that" the reconstruction of the mill begins at once, forgetting to try to put metal pergolas where the part of the building that was demolished has to be raised ", as dictated by the own Municipal Urban Planning Management for 10 years, and for this "it is carried out in a subsidiary manner and the expenses are charged to those responsible for the demolition declared contrary to the regulations, who have already had enough time to comply with their urban sanction."Oliver's Mill swamp subsidenceThe entities also denounce that a proof of the laziness that has been prevailing in the recovery of this environment is that two weeks ago the Local Police had to appear in the surroundings of the Oliver Mill and cordon off the bent area downstream of the mill, on the old swamp, given the manifest collapse of the firm, located next to a landscaped area and a busy sidewalk.AJVA and HUERMUR point out that "two weeks later the area is even worse, with part of the signage pulled, the security cords deteriorating and no effective action has been reported to secure the area" despite the numerous writings presented in the last years by both entities, in relation to the recovery of the Mill and the poor state of the riverbed, the accumulation of rubbish and the damage to the environment.The associations also claim that "once the damaged formwork is removed, the area with the historic 'Aljucer reservoir' is recovered, instead of executing the supposed municipal plan announced a few years ago by the City Council" since it consists of " to continue putting concrete in the ditches, even if it is painted in bright colors and lights are put on it, since painting on the floor of a ditch is in no way recovering it ".Finally, AJVA and HUERMUR are going to inform the General Directorate of Cultural Assets about these facts, since the two major irrigation channels in Murcia, both the Aljufía and the one that passes through the Oliver Mill, the Alquibla, are well established.

of Cultural Interest.

The entities recall that "by showing BIC protection, even in a precautionary manner, any action requires the permission of Culture, and it will be difficult to justify re-tubing the main canal instead of recovering a historic place such as the Molino de Oliver reservoir, in Aljucer ".Oliver's mill, key point of distribution of the huertano irrigationOliver's mill, in its current construction, is a building from the mid-18th century, built by the López de Oliver family, possibly on the remains of previous mills, at a fundamental point in the distribution of the irrigation network of the Huerta de Murcia, and the fact is that the Aljucer mills already appeared even mentioned in the medieval distribution.Next to the mill or close to it, located on the greater Barreras ditch, other ditches are born that irrigate a good part of the South or South Inheritance.

The Alquibla ditch opened in a large area known as "the swamp" after passing through the mill, which was also used in popular festivals and became a meeting point for the population of the area.Oliver's mill was located on the old Camino Real de Cartagena, which is why the family that built the mill would also visibly place their heraldic shield on the facade of the mill building, in front of the Church of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Also rebuilt in the middle of the 18th century, on the other side of the Camino Real.The mill, according to Rafael de Mancha's "Memory on the population and irrigation of the Huerta de Murcia" from 1836, had two stones, which would be dedicated to the manufacture of flour, being then called "new mill".

This construction was in operation until the last third of the 20th century, going through various uses and with various extensions, until its abandonment and subsequent attempt to demolish it, already in 2008.Since then, groups and associations, such as AJVA and HUERMUR, have been demanding its complete reconstruction, as well as the return of its heraldic shield, which is temporarily deposited in the Archaeological Museum of Murcia, after its restoration in the Center of Restoration of the Region of Murcia, and having been the subject of a trial for a Crime against Historical Heritage, which led to the conviction of those responsible for the damage suffered by the Oliver Mill shield.

Source: AJVA / HUERMUR