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The Councilor for Sports and Health, Felipe Coello, explained the strategic lines of his council included in the budgets of 2017 that will handle a total of 25,010,639 euros, which is an increase of 6.12% over the previous year.

The Sports area will be allocated 20,007,110 euros while Health will be allocated 5,003,529.

Coello has indicated that "the council will continue this year to promote basic sport, guaranteeing sports at affordable prices, offering subsidies to entities and associations, promoting healthy habits and organizing top-level sports events."

The Sports Service will maintain its objective of offering to the Murcia sports facilities of quality.

In the budget, investments increased 81.08% which translates into 2,680,000 euros for this year.

By 2017, it is planned to build costumes on the football fields of Sangonera la Seca (250,000 euros) and Sangonera la Verde (250,000 euros), while in Los Ramos and San José de la Vega, in addition to creating new costumes, Artificial turf will be installed and the irrigation and the enclosure will be improved, with an investment of 1,300,000 euros.

Also will be covered the sports court of Puente Tocinos (150,000 euros) and will invest more than 7,000,000 euros for the maintenance of sports facilities.

euros) y se realizarán unos vestuarios del campo de fútbol de Corvera (218.000 euros), un proyecto que venía de los presupuestos del año pasado.

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Likewise, works are underway that are already underway such as the new pavement of the Palacio de los Deportes (115,000 euros) and the consolidation works of this space on the stairs (280,000 euros).

It will also cover the outdoor court of Polideportivo del Infante (82,000 euros) and Espinardo pool (180,000) to be closed and will serve as a space for swimming clubs also in winter.

On the other hand the subsidies of the course 2017-2018 will be published in January for 822,000 euros and will continue with the development of sporting events of local, regional, national and international character as the Regata City of Murcia, the championship of Spain university of Karate, the world paddle Joma Murcia Challenger Tour, the Spanish Championship of Elite Boxing or the Fiesta de Deporte.

In the school sports program the budget increases by 11%, with a total of 200,000 euros that will benefit the 42,580 participants and 181 sports schools with 9,988 students.

It will also launch one of the most innovative projects that will be coordinated between the Health and Sports Service called 'Murcia te cuida' whose objective is to make available to all citizens the information and means necessary to join a more life Active, encouraging healthy habits and preventing the onset of chronic diseases.

In the area of ​​Health, for this year, the investment to build new graves in zone 5 of the municipal cemetery of Our Father Jesus and the extension of the Muslim cemetery, for which 350,000 euros will be allocated.

Also will be improved and expanded the offices of the clinic of Churra, with 300,000 euros, and the municipal center of zoonosis of La Albatalía, with 50,000 euros.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia