Murcia City Council and the Ministry of Defense have reached an agreement for the management of the environment Sewer Air Base, located in the municipality of Murcia.
The Governing Board gave its approval to the text of the agreement to be signed soon.
Under the agreement signed by both governments, will support the industrial activity (polygon West) with the expansion of the military installation.
Sewer Air Base, which is composed of military units Skydiving School Mendez Parada, Sapper Parachute Squadron of the Air Force, Parachute Acrobatic Patrol Air Force and Air Force 721 Squadron, you need to adapt their facilities current needs to be appropriate to extend the area of land available for military activities.
Moreover, the City stated in the General Urban Plan a reserve of land for economic activities in this area is considered strategic.
INFO, Murcia City Council and the General Directorate of Planning prepared a Master Plan Complex Spatial Economic Activities and Industrial dotacionales (CAEDI) Murcia-west over an area of 1,800 hectares.
That plan did not include the management of the Air Base, or its security zone -300 meters from the outer limit of the perimeter of the facility, thus preventing the development of CAEDI.
Murcia City Council will transfer 500,000 square meters to the Air Base, which will expand its security zone with the addition of new land.
In the southern part of the military base will build a green belt protection, over 60 meters, and not allow any building construction to ensure the isolation of the base and the new construction to be carried out on the floor industrial activity does not interfere with the military.
On the ground ceded to the Military Air Base 'Méndez Stop' will build a practice area parachute jump, which will become standard in Europe.
With this transfer of land CAEDI may develop, which will become the most important industrial area of the municipality.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia