The Minister of Development, Public Works and Planning, Francisco Barnabas, announced today, accompanied by the mayor of La Union, Julio Garcia Cegarra, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment has approved the specifications for bidding regeneration works Portman Bay, "as confirmed us the CEO of Sustainability of the Coast and the Sea, Pablo Saavedra, in the meeting we have had, so it is very likely that the Council will next week Ministers ".
Barnabas explained that the starting point is the 2011 draft, "which was at the time with the consensus of governments, political parties, associations and environmental groups. A project that provides for the recovery to the sea about 250 meters from the current line coast, considering it is 550 meters from the original. "
The holder of Development stressed that the deadline for execution of works "will be 46 months," and that "the use of ore mined to assess the possibility is introduced as an improvement to tenderers of the contest, at the time of the award, whose sale would entail the consequent decrease in the price of the works ".
In addition, Bernabé said that "as we reported, the tender budget will be set at about 60 million euros, after adjusting and updating the price forecast made in 2011, which stood at 79 million, which does not affect the full implementation of the project designed and agreed in 2011, as it retains all all items of work referred to in this document. "
The Minister of Development outlined that is "great news for residents of Portman and the entire city of La Union, and an act of justice for all Murcia, as it tries to repair the tremendous consequences of three decades of discharges They struck a beautiful place and flooded the historic bay ".
Bernabe said that "it was a moment awaited ceased 25 years ago discharges and, thanks to the commitment of the municipal, regional and state administrations, arrived today at this point that there is no going back."
Source: CARM