The Minister of Public Works and Planning, José Ballesta, together with the mayor of Pliego, Isabel Toledo, today laid the foundation stone for development works in the Barranco de las Cañadas de Pliego, a public space of 21,700 square meters will an outdoor amphitheater with seating for 1,000 people, who will become one of the benchmarks for culture and leisure in the municipality.
A work in which the regional government has invested 1.32 million euros in improvement actions, of which 990,000 euros were provided by the Ministry of Public Works and Planning and € 330,000 for the Presidential and government.
Besides the amphitheater, the project includes the construction of a botanical garden, the 'Park of essences. "
This will be organized in different natural environments and have various native and Mediterranean.
Also carried out the construction of several sports facilities stands equipped with up to 350 people and a bowling green and a large recreation area that will have public barbecues and picnic areas.
The Barranco de las Cañadas is the main place of recreation of the residents of Pliego and, therefore, one of the most representative areas of the town that sits on the highest part of town, in close contact with the saw and Uptown urban core, which has led the bid for remodeling of the area by the region.
Councilor José Ballesta said that "the intervention will turn this space over 20,000 square meters in a large public park built in their natural environment next, and will service more than 4,000 villagers, who will have a large area leisure and recreation where cultural activities, sports and leisure. "
The grant from the Ministry of Public Works and Planning is the result of an agreement signed last November by the Minister José Ballesta and the Mayor of Pliego.
The scheme fits into the conditioning program of public spaces of the Directorate General of Housing and Architecture, "whose main goal," said the adviser, is the recovery of environments and public spaces, understood as more inclusive of city life, capable of unite the physical and social infrastructure of the city. "
Rehabilitation of the historic
Within this grant program, Public Works has financed 349,218 euro to the comprehensive rehabilitation of the historic complex Pliego, a performance that also has the provision of council, which has invested 116,406 euros.
The works that are underway, involving the main square, the Glorieta, and Mayor Street and Juan de la Cierva.
The work, expected to be completed over the next quarter, involving the restructuring of the focal point of the town, and it is an area where it joins the majority of activity taking place in the municipality, that will result in significant improvement in the quality of daily life for its inhabitants.
Source: CARM