Ruben Juan Serna, candidate of Unión Progreso y Democracia for mayor of Murcia and spokesman in the Consistory, states that "an urbanism of all and for all is possible," opposed "to that developed in the town in recent years."
"This has caused the destruction of small businesses and traditional benefit of the large stores," so that "we want to recover and regain the city planning as friendly and sensible instrument to pursue the ultimate goal foster a better city model ".
Thus, from UPyD claim "more human, more participatory, more balanced, more sustainable, democratic and civilized" town, highlights Serna.
For the mayor of UPyD, the growth of modern Murcia was based solely on developments characterized by a very low population density and wide avenues.
"That low density" continues training Councilman magenta, "has resulted municipality economically unsustainable excessive cost of infrastructure, road oversized, dependence on private vehicles and especially inhospitable neighborhoods and lack of local commerce."
"We want to recover the street as a space for pedestrians, increasing the clearance cars, widening sidewalks and trees lining and generalizing the semi-pedestrian or reserved for cyclists and vehicles of residents areas," says Serna.
Source: UPyD Murcia