"The City of Murcia should be the most interested in the state of this environment, since it is in our municipality but, on the contrary, has always tried to drain the bulk, leaving the actions and decisions in the hands of regional administrations and state, and even breaking the rules "
The new mayor of PP in the Town Hall, Marco Antonio Fernández, "has been the pedáneo of Monteagudo the last 8 years", position from which "he has not managed to meet the needs of the historic site, which should have been one of his priorities "
Now Murcia asked in the Plenary session that the municipality of Murcia receive the castle from the hands of the State, owner of the monument, then ask for the state funds of 1.5% Cultural and proceed to its immediate rehabilitation "instead of leaving it in the hands of the State , which plans to take no less than 12 years "
NOW MURCIA points out that the PP municipal government has been lustrums "disengaging" from the historic site of Monteagudo.
The councilor Alicia Morales states that "the City of Murcia should be the most interested in the state of this environment, since it is in our town but, on the contrary, has always tried to drain the package, leaving the actions and decisions in the hands of the regional and state administrations, and even breaking the rules ".
The statements of the mayor come after knowing that a study by the Ministry of Culture warning that "there may be a collapse" in the castle "at any time, which also has areas with" risk of detachment. "
The spokeswoman of Now Murcia considers "unjustifiable that the municipal government of the PP takes 23 years leaving the historical environment of Monteagudo to its fate, losing the opportunity to have a patrimonial, cultural and tourist reclamation of first order, and putting in danger the physical integrity of neighbors and visitors. "
That a report from the State has to arrive to warn of this situation "highlights the enormous irresponsibility" of the Ballesta government, which "either knew this serious situation and has hidden it, or has not even been interested in knowing it".
Morales recalls that the Special Plan for the Protection of the Historic Site of Monteagudo, which has to be drawn up by the City Council, has been delayed for more than a decade, and points out that now Murcia asked in the Plenary session that the Town Council of Murcia accept the castle from the hands of the State, owner of the monument, then ask for the state funds of 1.5% Cultural and proceed to its immediate rehabilitation "instead of leaving it in the hands of the State, which foresees to take no less than 12 years that may end up being many more.
It is urgent that they meet, as the Plenary already mandated 7 months ago, representatives of the three administrations to, once and for all, establish real, effective and urgent measures, because the walls are falling ".
Alicia Morales also points out that the new mayor of PP in the Town Hall, Marco Antonio Fernández, "has been the pedáneo of Monteagudo the last 8 years", position from which "he has not managed to meet the needs of the historic site, which was having been one of their priorities. "
"Ballesta does not want to invest one euro in the rehabilitation of this historic environment," laments Morales.
"He does not stop announcing projects and proclaiming his interest in the Huerta, but he does not bet on Monteagudo, which is one of the most emblematic enclaves of our Huerta and is part of the history and identity of Murcia."
Source: Ahora Murcia