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This bill has been drafted after the piping in May 2015 of a section of the historic canal of the XI century and was stopped by the intervention of citizens and groups in defending the garden of Murcia, pretending to be an example for recovery other channels and the ultimate protection of the irrigation network for its historical, cultural and natural values.
Since a proposal for the recovery of the ditch by Raal Old Neighborhood Association of Llano de Brujas and Murcia Huerta Viva, and approved by the full council of Murcia September, both associations have presented on December 9 the Department of Planning, Environment and Huerta a draft recovery and enhancement of this ditch.
The wording has been in charge of a multidisciplinary team and with the participation of the neighborhood association with the intent to prevent the destruction of this historic canal of Llano de Brujas and to see the cultural and environmental values ​​that have the traditional irrigation network the garden of Murcia.
The initiative was born following the destruction in May another section of the canal where there was a rich biodiversity with protected species such as poplar and willow.
Destruction that took place in spite of the opposition of much of the neighborhood and associations that came with the intention of stopping the piping.
The former Town Planning ordered its closure for lack of license and sent the case to the court to continue work against the order.
With this alternative project in the section that was never intubate, it seeks to improve the channel for irrigation, access to football and school, and, at the same time, restore biodiversity, landscape and memory, preserving and highlighting the old course of the eleventh century as a living legacy of Andalusian culture within the extensive irrigation network whose route was fundamental for the development of the garden and the city of Murcia.
In the draft it has studied the elimination of sugarcane as an invasive species and replacing native riparian species, such as aspen, poplar, ash, willow, elm and hackberry and traditional fruit varieties They are in danger of disappearing.
The recovery will be an attractive habitat for numerous birds and aquatic species that are already being seen, like catfish, eel or terrapin.
To this we must add environmental improvement visibility water flowing through the canal and its sound, making it an attractive place to stroll and about the range.
Both Murcia Huerta Live like the Neighborhood Association of Llano de Brujas want to highlight with this simple project that Murcia can not lose that important and identity space formed by the garden and canals and ditches that give life, and the need to change the model destructive growth now that we still have time.
On Monday 14 both associations were received by the Town Planning, Environment and Huerta to explain the project, assuring that since the council they want to study the final draft needed to start work.
Associations stressed that such projects can not be made in a timely manner while other sections of canals are destroyed, and that the participation of citizens' associations, the Administration and the Board of Landowners is necessary to study and implement a protection and enhancement of the network of historic irrigation comprehensive manner that will benefit all and to ensure that future generations for preserving the rich heritage posed by these channels, as well as the fertile lands of the orchard to which They give irrigation.
Source: Agencias
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