| The facilities will be located in the parking lot of the "Hermanos Buitrago" Soccer Field | The councilors of Sports and Youth of the City of Águilas, Cristobal Casado, and Juan Andrés Torres, respectively, have reported that the works of the new Skatepark have begun this same Monday, October 26.As Casado has stated "all the procedures to carry out the aforementioned project have been delayed in time due to the pandemic", and he hopes that "within two months the Skatepark will be ready to be enjoyed by the youth of the municipality".
The councilor for Sports has also pointed out that "the regulations for these types of facilities indicate that they must be located on land for sports use, and the Hermanos Buitrago Soccer Field car park meets this requirement."Regarding the characteristics of the new infrastructure, he indicated that "some five obstacles will be distributed over 25 or 30 meters, the design of which has been carried out by a specialized company." It so happens that its workers are also skaters, "which guarantees compliance with the demands of the skaters and the council itself," Casado added.For his part, the head of the Youth area, Juan Andrés Torres, stressed that "this action complies with the PSOE's electoral proposal in response to a demand from young aquiline skaters." Torres has finished his speech by transmitting total "security in compliance with all legal, administrative and practical regulations for the tranquility of the users of this sports space".
The action, framed in the Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategy, "Sustainable Eagles", is 80% co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through Spain's pluriregional operational program 2014-2020
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas