| The Puerto Lumbreras City Council has invested around 250,000 euros in a facility of more than 3,600 square meters and with a large supply of equipment to train the various athletic disciplines | Athletes and sportsmen from Lumbreras already enjoy the Puerto Lumbreras athletics track, after a major remodeling in which the City Council has invested around 250,000 euros.
"This project was a commitment of the Government team and, without a doubt, it will represent a great benefit for athletes and athletics fans, at the same time that it will make Puerto Lumbreras a model city whose infrastructures continue to be benchmarks in sports matters", has indicated the councilor for Physical Activity and Sports; Juan Rubén Burrueco. The facility has a total area of ??more than 3,600 square meters and is intended both for quality training in preparation for the various tests that make up the practice of athletics.
"Athletes and local athletes and especially the members of the Nogalte Athletics Club are already using it and are very satisfied with all the amenities and equipment offered by the track, in addition to not having to travel to other locations.
In this way we contribute to offering the better conditions for Lumbrerenses athletes to continue reaping great results in the competitions in which they participate, "said Burrueco. In the remodeling process, the entire enclosure has been paved, and synthetic paving has been placed on the asphalt.
The facility improvement project includes provision of sports equipment for athletics.
In this sense, a take-off table has been placed for jumps; a pole box; a competition starting block; a cage for shot put, discus and hammer; regulation fence for obstacles of four meters; pole drop zone; pole vault; pole made of fiberglass; weighted fences; a discus throwing circle; mobile weight container; competition weights; launch discs; throwing hammers; javelins with different weights; trampoline for training; and a 30 square meter shed to store all the material.
Also,A regulation of use has been made that all athletes will have at their disposal when entering the venue, and which also includes the protocol to follow in the face of Covid-19.
"The construction of this sports infrastructure is linked to the determined commitment of this Government team to sports.
In the last two years we have invested more than 500,000 euros in sports facilities, including also the change of the artificial turf of the football field", has concluded the Councilor for Physical Activity and Sports.000 euros in sports facilities, including also the change of the artificial grass of the soccer field ", has concluded the councilor for Physical Activity and Sports.000 euros in sports facilities, including also the change of the artificial grass of the soccer field ", has concluded the councilor for Physical Activity and Sports.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras