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The Minister of Public Works and Planning, Antonio Sevilla, made this evening a visit to Puerto Lumbreras infrastructure affected by floods last September where he announced "that the Community is already writing projects repair damaged roads in this municipality. "

Antonio Sevilla explained that in 2013 it auctioned the works of the D-11, since it already has budgeted credit and works of roads D-16, D-26, D-17 and D-19 subsequently tendered.

The Minister, who was accompanied by the local mayor, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, welcomed by diligence activate the Emergency Conservation Service Road who covered the entire disaster area.

The Minister reminded the total roads affected regional network, which amounted to 62 tracks.

"A dozen of them had to be closed to traffic but, thanks to our troops, were almost fully open in less than 24 hours."

"The first rushed jobs were related to cleaning gutters and conditioning margins and, in many cases, it was necessary to completely rebuild the firm and repair voids under the pavement," said Antonio Sevilla.

In addition, the Ministry supported the municipality through the loan of some machinery in order that in the early days of rains, could clear their roads and facilitate the mobility of citizens.

Both the counselor as CEOs and technicians of the Ministry presented themselves the days when there were floods and later to assess the damage in the different infrastructures owned both regional and local levels.

Government action

During his visit to Puerto Lumbreras, the director stressed the agility of the government to deal with the victims immediately and ensure rapid restoration of services in the municipality wrecked by rains last September.

At the regional level, Sevilla explained that besides the immediate activation of the Special Plan of Civil Protection and Conservation Service Performance Road, "was essential to the work of the regional president exercised in subsequent days in Brussels to get the necessary items to repair of infrastructure through the EIB. "

In addition, the holder of Public Works noted the sensitivity and cooperation of the State with the damage caused by the floods with the publication of Royal Decree 1505/2012, which were adopted urgent measures to mitigate natural disasters in various regions.

Source: CARM