The councilman of Cambiemos Murcia Sergio Ramos today asked the City Council to transfer to the Autonomous Community the demands of the municipal boards for the distribution of state funds of the Plan of Barrios and Pedanías.
The Executive Murcia announced a few days ago its intention to recover the Plan, which has been paralyzed for 8 years by the Autonomous Community and whose main objective is to carry out works that reduce the differences in services between the center and peripheral areas, in The case of municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants. "In recent years, the Autonomous Administration has used the funds in other actions, so that the districts and districts of Murcia have stopped receiving funding in this way, a cut that is Together with the decrease in the municipal budget, "said Ramos.
The councilor of the municipalist formation has demanded that in the distribution of all the investments in municipalities they are taken into account to them, through a body with representation and of binding character.
"The municipal councils are the organisms closest to the citizenship and who know firsthand their needs, which means that no investment should be made in their territory without their approval," said the councilman, who recalled that the City Council Of Murcia already approved in May of 2016, at the request of the Socialist Group, a motion urging to demand to the Autonomous Community the recovery of this type of investment plan.
Source: Cambiemos Murcia