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Fall a few weeks ago on the street Alcalde Pelegrin Rodriguez from a ledge to the street from an old building, fortunately without injury, is the trigger for this request, already implemented in many other cities

The Municipal Socialist Group, through Councillor David Romera, has highlighted "the need for Lorca have an Municipal Register of Buildings ruinous, to improve security of urban space".

In the morning of June 15, in an ancient building (XVIII century) Street Alcalde Pelegrin Rodriguez neighborhood of San Cristobal, in the rise of the Old Bridge, there was the collapse of part of the cornice on the street, fortunately without causing personal or material damage despite being a busy place.

This fact, indicated the mayor, "it has highlighted the concern of many Lorca by the abandonment and ruin in which many buildings throughout the city, especially in the Barrios Altos and in the Old Quarter are" very affected by the earthquakes of 2011, and according to the socialist councilor "could lead to serious accidents by the collapse of structures or elements detachment to the street," especially after heavy and prolonged rains or earthquakes.

The existence of a Municipal Register of dilapidated buildings, which would be subject to a municipal ordinance, is that municipal technicians "have an complementary to current census informative diagnostic tool that every year is emitted from the Department of Planning on properties must be evaluated on the situation of those buildings are in fair or poor condition according to expert opinion, to carry out any actions deemed appropriate in close collaboration with the owners, to prevent incidents from happening again as the last Wednesday and whose consequences could have been disastrous. "

"The City Council must ensure the maintenance of quality of urban space and ensure the safety of the citizens of Lorca in places of transit and public use," said David Romera.

Therefore, the PSOE considered "useful" the development of the Register, "open and dynamic subjected to continuous update, which could also include the buildings are in a poor state, qualified as inadequate as incompatible with the existing planning or paralyzed works that have been abandoned or suspended ".

Romera has ended noting that "totally inadequate the annual review is made of the buildings located in places where it runs parades and processions of Holy Week", because such work "should be extended to the rest of the city, suburbs and nuclei of the municipality ".

In addition, he recalled that should be disclosed to owners or communities of owners of buildings in fair or poor condition of the municipality, there is an Order of October 30, 2014 (BORM no. 135 of 13 June 2016, p. 18881 et seq.) of the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Planning establishing subsidies for financing Assessment Report Building, equivalent to a maximum of 20 euros aid regulate each one of the houses of indicating the building and a maximum of 20 euros per 100 square meters of floor space locally, but in any case, exceed the amount of 500 euros, or 50% of the cost of the report building.

Source: PSOE Lorca