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The intent of the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura (CHS) to remove 150,000 tons of sediment from the bed of the river Segura Murcia passing through is for the local group EQUO Murcia, too expensive for the results to be obtained action.
Allocate 4.3 million euros to the removal of sediment in such a short stretch of the river can be a useless work, the continuous supply of them from upstream.
The very action of the river, if allowed to run naturally, retire sediments.
Such a drastic intervention in the river bed, just for aesthetic reasons, can affect wildlife, according to the Green Party, especially when the sediment removed will be used to fill the old meanders, rather than environmentally restore the banks.
Furthermore, Murcia EQUO missing implementation of mechanisms for citizen participation, in which the inhabitants of the city, experts and non-experts can review the fate of such amounts of money to urban projects, in a time of crisis by that atrvesamos.
Other actions of CHS yes they are, in the view of the green training definitely beneficial to recover the Segura river, such as those focused on increasing the longitudinal connectivity of the river, by demolishing obsolete dams and environmental restoration in areas necessary, to improve the ecological state of the river, all included in the RiverLink Plan, co-financed by the LIFE + Programme of the European Union project of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Source: EQUO RM
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