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| To check the progress of the projects that will help alleviate the serious problems of torrential rains in Campillo and Torrecilla | Diego José Mateos regretted that "these works began six years after the 2012 floods, wasting valuable time" and detailed that "the construction of the rolling dams in the Ramblas de Nogalte, Béjar and Torrecilla, and the channeling of Biznaga will have a cost of more than 250 million euros ".The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, has held a telematic meeting with the president of the Segura Hydrographic Confederation (CHS), Mario Urrea, and the residents of the district of Campillo to check the progress of the projects aimed at minimizing the impact of the strong avenues produced by torrential rains in the areas of Campillo and Torrecilla, especially.The mayor recalled that "from the floods of 2012 to August 2018, no procedure or project had been carried out to solve this serious problem.

And it was in 2018, six years later and after the change of government, when the studies and the development of projects for the construction of the rolling dams in the Ramblas de Nogalte, Béjar and Torrecilla, as well as the execution of the channeling of the Rambla de Biznaga, works that will contribute to alleviating the drainage problems that Rambla de Béjar and adjacent areas lead upstream from the head of Rambla de Biznaga ".Diego José Mateos has regretted that "valuable time has been lost since some of these projects would have already concluded, if the previous Administration had done its job, so that now it is not possible to treat all administrations equally." And he reiterated "his gratitude to the Segura Hydrographic Confederation for having done in just two years what had not been done in the previous six." We recall that "it has been this central administration that has included these projects in the 2021-2027 Basin Plan, because the previous government planned to carry them out, but starting in 2027."Diego José Mateos has detailed that "all these projects will have a total cost of execution of more than 250 million euros, and may be the definitive solution to the serious problems caused by torrential rains in this area".The president of the Segura Hydrographic Confederation showed his firm commitment "to the execution of these projects, which, although much progress is being madeThese projects, being large-scale jobs, require various bureaucratic procedures, as well as environmental impact studies, etc., which slows down their progress ".For her part, the president of Pailorca, Adelina Sánchez, has valued the work carried out, so far, by the Segura Hydrographic Confederation that has included these projects in the 2021-2027 Plan, in addition to "the transparency and spirit of collaboration that They are showing on these issues, which we consider fundamental.

" On the other hand, she maintains that "we fear that the priority score could make these jobs go a little slower."In this meeting, technicians from CHS, different neighborhood groups, representatives of Pailorca, the national deputy, Marisol Sánchez Jódar, the Campillo pediatric, the president of the Campillo Association and representatives of different neighborhood groups of Campillo and Torrecilla, in addition to the councilors of the Government team, Antonio Navarro and Antonia Pérez.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca