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The Segura basin act globally on the boulevards that run through the municipality of San Javier, it was announced today its president, Jose Salvador Fuentes Zorita in the press conference offered by the mayor of San Javier, Pepa García the council of this town.
In a meeting at the request of the municipality of San Javier "to address the situation of water channels in the municipality after the recent rains, have participated also technical Confederation and Council of Agriculture, Antonio Garcerán, and Services Public, Pedro Javier Muñoz.
Zorita sources explained that the treatment be given to the boulevards that affect the municipality, which are those of El Mirador, and Cobatillas Tarquinales, "which will require either cleaning, riverbank protection, some channeling work, and even where we are permitted, there will be an environmental remediation work creating new leisure. "
The work of updating of the wadis are aimed at preventing new similar situations "and that recent rains have revealed the effects of changing terrain in the area due to urban and agricultural growth have led to changes in traditional channels with the consequent danger to the public, so that once detected the weak points we propose solutions for the future. "
The president of the CHS has confirmed that the area of the Mar Menor and Cartagena is the most problematic in a situation of cold drop "by altering the channels due to amendment of the land" and highlighted the work provided by the channel the transfer, during the recent rains, "which has served as an outlet, although that is not their function."
Precisely for this reason, the channel has suffered serious damage "that although not serious, we have begun to give solution to the channel can retrieve that function, because one can not rule out a new episode of cold drop" as explained Fuentes Zorita, has appealed to those responsible for spatial planning to provide a solution to the lack of public waterways and lack of outlets to the sea.
Zorita sources added that "this is an issue to be addressed seriously and deeply with who has authority and jurisdiction over land use and urban planning."
CHS President recalled that "the behavior of water has not been the same in the north, in terms of Orihuela and Pilar de la Horadada in the south, where there is no direct access to the sea in the area the Mar Menor to the promenade of El Albujón. "
The mayor of San Javier has thanked the cooperation of the Segura River Basin "by the sensitivity and quick response has shown to the demands of the City" and has taken to "show public appreciation to all municipal services during the rains fall two weeks ago worked hard to prevent and avoid further danger to the population. "
Pepa García is also referred to the cooperation of the Academia General del Aire "he responded as he always does at the request of the City of help if needed for major contingencies that fortunately did not happen."
The last episode of torrential rains caused flooding in the town on several streets and roads that had to cut traffic, and the preventive evacuation of three people in the inner zone of the municipality.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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