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CHS City Hall and sign the agreement to promote greater flexibility and efficiency in administrative interventions Murcia River.
The project envisages the creation of two large parks, tourist itineraries of scenic and cultural attractions, a bike path 27 kilometers, areas of traditional landscape of the Huerta, an interpretation center and sports facilities and entertainment.
The works recirculation flow, which has carried out the CHS, allow to increase the river flow passing through the city, improving the environmental quality of the natural environment, which has an optimal health.
Murcia City Council will manage the recirculation system p
The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, and the president of the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura (CHS), Miguel Angel Rodenas, today signed the cooperation agreement between the two institutions that marks the beginning of the project Murcia Rio, one of the cornerstones of the new city ​​model of local government, which will revitalize the entire riverbed running through the town (24 km) and, especially, the enhancement of urban stretch that runs through the city.
The project proposes the creation of two large parks at the entrance and exit of the river in the village, tourist itineraries of scenic and cultural attractions, a bike path continued on the river bank of more than 27 kilometers linking Beniel to La Contraparada, areas of traditional landscape of the Huerta de Murcia, environmental Interpretation Center in La Contraparada environment, entertainment and recreation, sports facilities and cultural activities, among other improvements.
In this sense, José Ballesta said that "Murcia can re-look at our river with pride and realization of this project will convert the riverside, passing through the center of the city, in a large green avenue open leisure of all families Murcia and sport ".
The agreement signed today sets the channels of collaboration between the city and the CHS, promoting greater agility and administrative efficiency in the interventions of the Action Plan of the Huerta de Murcia, which is a fundamental part Murcia Rio, "a draft legislature whose ultimate goal is to promote this rural and urban space from the landscape, heritage, ecological, productive, tourist and cultural fields;
placing the River Segura as the main backbone of the territory of the Huerta de Murcia.
Thus, recovery and integration of the spaces of the Safe environment for the use of all Murcia, both the river itself, its specks and margins along the urban channel, as the old oxbow lakes will take place.
The works recirculation flow, which has carried out the CHS, allow to increase the flow of the river passing through the city, improving the environmental quality of the natural environment, which has an optimal health, as has demonstrates the recognition by the international agency specializing River Foundation, the best environmental restoration of Europe.
open spaces for family leisure
Among the measures envisaged in the Plan of Action of the Huerta de Murcia making an inventory of the cultural heritage of the Garden to collect hydraulic and unique environment as hermitages, mills, etc. elements and creating it includes a Interpretation Centre de la Huerta, with an environmental information in the building Contraparada of the CHS, located at the headwaters to its entrance in the village.
The performance of greater significance is the adequacy of the Safe for creating routes and itineraries of cultural tourism landscape, hydraulic and ethnographic interest, with connections that will be accessible from all the nearby environment environment.
open space family leisure, rest areas and places for cultural and sports activities that are compatible with ecological restoration will also be developed.
With the signing of the agreement signed today, the City agrees to draft the documents necessary for the execution of work arising from the project Murcia Rio and to convene the contests of ideas or projects, while the CHS will promote the necessary actions in the proceedings project affecting public water, among other actions.
Assignment of flow recirculation system
The agreement signed today also includes the transfer by the CHS to the City recirculation system river flows, consisting of a pump downstream of the town and a pipeline of over eleven kilometers.
The system can capture up to two cubic meters per second flow of Segura and treated effluent treatment plant and pour Murcia This upstream, near La Contraparada.
Thus, the city may have a sheet of extra water in case of decreases in flow or improve the capacity of urban channel for holding sports competitions, without this implying a decrease of water resources available to the basin Safe.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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