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- "The Department of Infrastructure is reluctant to respond to our requests for information on the technical reports of the work and the total cost of the project.We do not want to think that the works have started without taking into account these fundamental aspects"

- The municipal training also asks for the verification that the architect Calatrava has given the go-ahead to the works, since the PP only said that "he had been informed".

"We must guarantee that there will be no disputes over these works," says Alicia Morales

- "The history of the Vistabella catwalk should force the PP to act with full transparency, it has been a story of waste, sloppiness and indignation of the neighbors"

NOW MURCIA denounces the opacity that the PP is having with the replacement of the floor of the footbridge of Vistabella, a work that began at the beginning of March after many months of denunciations on the part of the neighbors and of Now Murcia about the terrible state of the carpet , full of large gaps that have been causing falls of pedestrians.

Councilor Alicia Morales notes that the Department of Infrastructure is reluctant to respond to requests for information from the municipal group on the technical reports of the work and the total cost of the project, in addition to if you have the approval of the architect of the catwalk , Santiago Calatrava, to ensure that there will be no dispute with him for the modification of his work.

Murcia now asked the Department for information on the works of the catwalk on March 9, and only 3 days later received a reply from the mayor Rebeca Pérez.

"However, what Perez answered was that he had transferred our request to the Urban Quality Service of the City Council, and that when he had the report of this Service he would respond to us." A month later and with the work progressing, we continued without the information about the report. technical and total cost ".

The councilor affirms that "the history of the Vistabella footbridge should oblige the PP to act with total transparency, as it has been a history of waste, sloppiness and indignation of the neighbors." Coming as we come from this disastrous past, the municipal government It should be transparent about the contracted works, it is the minimum that can be done after a disastrous management of the state of the infrastructure floor.We do not want to think that the PP is carrying out the works without having the required reports and permits or without knowing what it will be the cost".

Morales recalls that the work of Calatrava "had a millionaire cost, and a carpet of 60,000 euros that has only caused problems, injuries and an unfortunate image."

Regarding the architect, the mayor emphasizes that the PP said that he had "informed" Calatrava of the works, "but we do not have proof of his approval, which we also ask for proof".

The vowel of Now Murcia in the municipal board of the East district, Cinta Gómez, asked about the catwalk in the Plenary of the meeting held last night, while Now Murcia has requested again this information in writing to Rebeca Pérez.

Source: Ahora Murcia