Mayor Eagles, Bartolomé Hernández Giménez, this morning held a meeting with the media in which took stock of the most important actions that have been carried out in the town in 2012.
Regarding the current difficult economic situation, the head of the local executive began by stating that "not only is important to assess the long list of projects, but all that despite the circumstances maintains its usual course," referring to the many municipal services and programs remain intact, "not without great effort and thanks to good management of limited resources," the mayor wanted to clarify.
How could it be otherwise, the unemployment figures are for the municipal president's biggest concern right now, is that, despite the positive data that puts the Eagles unemployment growth between January and November 2012 , below the regional average and national, to Bartolome Hernandez "This continues to be a statistic, because the reality is that there are many citizens who can not find work and families are faring badly."
In this sense, Hernandez reviewed some of the actions carried out and have been aimed at encouraging the creation of local employment: many courses to train unemployed ordinances regulating tax on big bonuses on offer to those who decide to start their business activities to value industrial plots and business incubator or meetings with representatives of the main productive sectors of the municipality, as well as put up for tender a very large amount of public works, in which many companies are working columbines .
Indeed, the high volume of work done or currently running one of the aspects to be taken more into account in this summary of the year, as the Municipal Government is focused on responding to the demands neighborhood, in allowing the current economic situation.
So much so that, during 2012, the City Council has launched Eagles: renewal of pavements, sanitation and drinking water at San Lorenzo and San Lorenzo backs; adapting and opening to traffic and pedestrian Evergreen Street, construction new changing rooms on the football field Buitrago Brothers; work patching asphalt and several rural roads, installation of new street lights and Lope Gisbert Juan Casuco and other two-way Calabardina; adequacy Disc Cabezo; rehabilitation the facade of the Casino, improving several arteries from the Paseo de Parra to Avenida Juan Carlos I, benefiting Alfonso Ortega streets Carmona, Lottery, Pizarro, Hissu Ecla and Candelaria; placement of walkways beside the sports center, fitness Juan Jimenez streets Crouseilles, Castelar and Martí, construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Luis Prieto and Almeria; completion of a large square located between the streets Solidarity and Our Lady of Fatima, or the start of construction of "The Placetón ", which along with the rehabilitation of the House of Culture, both retaken after suffering a standstill during the last legislature, citizens returned two enclaves dear to all aquiline.
To close the chapter works, Bartolome Hernandez wished to highlight the start of construction work on the new Nursery School, located between the streets of Murcia, Miguel Indurain and Paseo de Las Paddles, and the imminent completion of the settlement of regional road surfaces D-14 and D-20, especially the section between the latter and the link to the AP-7, one of the claims that Hernandez himself made regional president, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, at its first meeting after being elected mayor.
During this year, the council has signed aquiline several cooperation agreements with various entities, in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.
The agreements reached with the Red Cross, the Association of Farmers Field Eagles or the Bar Association of Lorca, among others, and this has been proven, in addition to maintaining a close collaboration with various local groups, some of them already installed in a new "Partnerships Center" located on the premises of the Residence San Francisco.
City Councilman also highlighted the good work done by the various municipal government councilors, who were able to meet the budget reduction of their games with work and creativity, resulting in the development of numerous programs, both in education and other targeted the different sectors of society, including wished to highlight the ongoing workshops and focused at women and the elderly, and the activities of players who have had young people, with events such as competitions for groups musical novel "Make Play", concerts or the traditional "October Young" and "Fotorally".
Special mention goes to the activities planned by the Department of Culture and Celebration, along all year, offering visitors aquiline and interesting proposals for leisure, with theatrical performances, festivals, exhibitions or concerts as prominent as those of Melendi, Los Panchos, Bustamante Social Security or that offered on the Night of San Juan, with which the city has taken multitudinous and free shows on the beach.
Sport and Tourism have often walked hand in hand from the business sector in 2012, and together have promoted initiatives have encouraged the promotion of Eagles name and have attracted thousands of people to the town, with the resulting economic benefit for hospitality trade and local, positioning the Office of Tourism in the top three of the region with the highest volume of demand for information, along with Murcia and Cartagena.
Thus, it has resorted to various tourism fairs and direct actions have taken place in different cities and advertising, has launched the "Rail Trail" and the campaign "5 a Destination Experiences" have been received views of national and international tour operators, have organized four championships in Spain and Europe, in various sports, and international campus basketball Amaya Valdemoro and an international meeting with the Spanish national soccer, all with a big impact media in the press.
The year in which the City of Eagles celebrated its bicentennial has made further good news for the city, as the statement Fraile Island as a Cultural (BIC), the important new developments for the completion of the General Plan Urban (Plan) or the arrival of the first train Talgo in regular trip from Madrid, an achievement which dissipated after rupture of the railway infrastructure lag between Lorca and Aguilas, which was heavily damaged by torrential rain occurred in September, but the illusion was reborn on 3 December, with the announcement of the start of work on which will invest about EUR 7 million and that will mean the restoration of rail traffic in approximately 4 months.
This 2012 was also the year in which several prestigious international firms have used the image of the Auditorium and Congress Palace "Princess Elena" to launch its new models of cars or furniture, while the city was consolidated as a respect of educational summer, bringing together a large number of courses at the International University of the Sea, or getting new blue flags that show the excellence of the aquiline coast beaches.
The last aspect valued by the mayor of Eagles in this summary of the year, and perhaps one of the most important, was related to the accounts of the local administration, where it should be noted that the municipality aquiline "has lowered its debt to institutions EUR 1.1 million credit and has not had to qualify for any payment plan, or borrow to meet current expenses settlement, keeping up to date of all recognized obligations of the 2012 budget, within 30 days his approval. "
Bartolome Hernandez closed the meeting with the press forward some of the projects that the City of Eagle is scheduled to launch in the coming year 2013, among which are: opening Interpretation Center of the Sea, building a fairground, under the Sagrera Mill and its environment, rehabilitation of the railway bridge of the snakes or the beginning of the work of a boardwalk along the Lighthouse, among a long list of actions.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas