City Hall intensifies the performances these days for the streets, squares, parks and gardens are in perfect condition when they return to the city Murcia in September.
The mayor, accompanied by Jose Guillen, this morning visited the gardens Silk, San Andrés and Plaza de Castilla, an example of the actions carried out to develop the new model of open, comfortable and designed to enjoy the family spaces.
The special plan for this summer includes 100,000 performances, among which are the replacement of 47,000 flowers;
20,000 phytosanitary treatments weevil, aphid or procesionaria
Murcia City Council has launched a specific plan of shock to control and check the status of parks and gardens and undertake the necessary work for its improvement.
The aim is to carry out taking advantage of the summer to the streets, squares, parks and gardens are in perfect condition when murcianos return to the city in September, coinciding also with the celebration of the Feria de Murcia.
Mayor José Ballesta, accompanied by the area councilor, Jose Guillen, this morning visited some of these parks in which this device has been deployed, in which about 200 people participate.
A special team runs daily neighborhoods and districts to identify needs and organize the work of response teams painting, cleaning, pruning, gardening, civil engineering, playgrounds and locksmith and plumbing.
Between June and September, the program provides about 100,000 actions, including the replacement of 47,000 flowers;
20,000 phytosanitary treatments weevil, aphid or procesionaria;
or nearly 4,400 interventions to control sources and lakes.
In four months it will reap similar to 1,000 football fields and pruning of nearly 14,000 palm trees and bitter orange trees shall be carried out.
The crash team carries a flexible sheet such as garden path and demand, but the goal is to cover most of the 3,000 green areas of the municipality, totaling an area of ​​3 million m2.
10 million square meters of grassland
One of the jobs that require more resources is the flower replenishment campaign, which began in mid-July and is in full force.
In the summer campaign 47,449 units are reset, so that the gardens can provide an attractive and refined image.
New plantings are made in 55 streets, squares and public spaces, including Chinese Garden, El Malecon, Santa Isabel and green areas Cabezo de Torres, El Puntal, Churra, Lobosillo, El Raal or Holy Angel.
Also in summer the work of mowing the lawn intensify, because in this time increases with greater intensity than during the rest of the year, to the point that between June and September is expected to reap 10 million m2 of meadows, equivalent to 1,000 football fields.
Among the districts where most work include Churra, Guadeloupe, Bacons Bridge, Cabezo de Torres, El Puntal, El Palmar or La Alberca.
The existence of 41 sources and 76 lakes continued work entails cleaning, chlorine, drain and control to avoid health problems or the appearance of algae and dirt.
Management this summer will include 4,388 performances.
Moreover, 20.104 phytosanitary treatments weevil, aphids and processionary will be held in palm trees, orange trees, jacarandas and tipuanas, plus pine trees, during the summer season, in addition to the 174 specific treatments endoterapia applied in the eucalyptus trees to control pest Glycaspis Brimblecombe.
Maintenance of parks and gardens also covers numerous repairs of the elements of civil and furniture work that, in some cases due to the passage of time, and in others, actions of vandalism, intervention teams painted necessitate and arrangements of banks, playgrounds and gerontogimnasia.
The estimate is to perform specific actions 5,161 this summer.
Perhaps one of the most important in the conservation of green areas aspects is the constant renewal of irrigation facilities, essential to ensure the good condition of the grounds, and that between June and September record 6,941 performances maintenance of sprinklers, diffusers, pipes and valves.
Woodland management: replacement, pruning and large specimens
Summer is not the most suitable for the replacement and pruning of trees and shrubs, except in the case of palm trees, whose campaign starts on August 31 and in daily acts of 70-100 copies, reaching a time total of 13,864 performances, also including pruning bitter orange trees, especially in Santiago and Zaraíche, Sangonera la Verde, Churra or El Palmar.
Large specimens are the subject of special attention and monitoring, in anticipation of possible falling branches.
Specifically, this summer will be reviewed 702 trees, mostly in Vistabella, San Miguel, San Anton, El Palmar or El Carmen.
11 new canine areas
the Parks and Gardens also takes advantage of these weeks less influx of people to run 31 new works projects in green areas.
In particular, the construction of 11 canine areas in Aljucer, Bacons Bridge, Ronda Sur, Sangonera la Seca, Garres, Guadalupe, El Palmar, Torreagüera and El Ranero is planned.
They are also scheduled performances playground gardens Sucina, Zeneta, Sangonera La Verde, Aljucer and Churra, among others.
Among the actions completed by the summer campaign in neighborhoods and districts, the mayor and Councilman Administration Modernization, Urban Quality and Participation this morning they visited three, who are good examples of the new model being implemented in the gardens.
Area multisensory games in La Seda
In his tour of various green areas included in the plan makeready summer, José Ballesta and Jose Guillen visited the garden of La Seda, where they have built the first zone multisensory and inclusive games of Murcia, to promote integration children of all ages and conditions, equipped with a trampoline, interconnected phones, acoustic bongos, etc., to encourage play with sensory stimuli.
Furthermore, the enclosure is enclosed to prevent entry of dogs.
Within the campaign shock summer it has also carried out general cleaning of the lake and its subsequent filling with water treatment.
The trees have been pruned and revised, in addition to undertake recovery work woodland, removing the Gallic Tamarix of the estuary to put them in an annex parterre.
Shaded area in the Plaza de Castilla
Moreover, in the Plaza de Castilla has installed a modern pergola for covering the children's play area that lets you enjoy them for more days and longer hours, as throughout much of the year the high temperatures city ​​is an important limitation for use in sunny areas.
This is a pilot model that will spread to other gardens of the municipality to provide shade for children's rooms.
Built veneer allows the passage of the filtered light, providing a pleasant shade to the environment without making greenhouse.
The project was completed with the installation of various equipment playgrounds, and fenced off with metal fence and polyethylene slats.
Playing sports
The third place visited by the mayor and the council has been the garden of San Andres, where several performances have been implemented, enabling a leisure and creating a new children's play area and other gerontogimnasia.
In addition, it has built a multi-purpose sports minipista of 14x8 for football and basketball.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia