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The Secretary of State for Climate Change, Teresa Ribera, today confirmed its commitment to start as soon as the regeneration of the bay of Portman, silted up by nearly 60,000 tons of toxic mining waste, and he was "very excited" by stating that extraction works will be launched in early 2012.
The announcement came before the meeting of the Monitoring Committee for the regeneration of the Bay was held this afternoon in the hamlet unionense for, among other things, present the results of the report of Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs has concluded this week.
A Bank have accompanied the general director of Sustainability and the Sea Coast, Pedro Antonio Ríos, the government representative in the Region of Murcia, Rafael González Tovar, and the Chief of the Coastal Authority, Francisca Baraza, by State administration.
Also attended by the Minister of Public Works, José Ballesta, director general of Transport and Ports, Carmen Sandoval, and the general director of Planning and Housing, Antonio Javier Navarro, by the regional government and the mayor of La Union Francisco Bernabé, who was present with Councilman unionense Planning, Carlos Javier Martínez.
As pointed Bank, soon to be published in the BOE report includes environmental safeguards for the recovery of inert soils and their transfer to the young San Jose, as well as blanketing the soil that may still be active, "a knowing that is an area with high levels of heavy metal pollution in the Mediterranean almost unique. "
And is that the favorable outcome of the report is preliminary and indispensable step to implement a project approved in 2008 that from now on, level up to proceed to the stage of financing in which participation is sought Portman Golf SL as owner of the land.
"Our intention is to tender the works this year and complete the project immediately starting proceedings in early 2012," said Rivera, who added that "multi-year funding will be our participation is valuable, but of course without giving up that has a significant participation of the owners, who also benefit from this soil and the space clean. "
In order to join the negotiations were presented to employers afternoon Alfonso Sánchez and Mariano Roca, owner of Portman Golf SL, accompanied by the son of the first, Antonio Sanchez, has led to the prolongation of the talks as the various parties raised their conditions.
However, after an intense meeting of more than three hours, the Monitoring Committee has agreed to cede Portman Short Golf San Jose, but remains to be seen how they articulate their participation in the financing of the work, hence they have been called to meet again within weeks.
For its part, the mayor of La Union, Francisco Bernabé, aware of the huge expectations generated by the meeting said he was "convinced that the 10-F of 2011 will be the actual day of the start of the countdown to Portman, "but also admitted that one should proceed with caution and see how the next few weeks pass.
The works will begin in 2012 consist primarily of removing the ore from the bay to recover 250 meters from shore and move to the San José mining short, action is for the central government, the subsequent construction of a marina that will complement the fishing and to be undertaken by Autonomous Community, and the purpose of continuity blanketing the town, including the development of beach areas, gardens or areas of facilities, which fall within the competence to perform the City unionense.
Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión
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