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Diego José Mateos: "there is still a long way to go, but the important thing is that projects have already begun and all the necessary previous actions that, according to what we have been told, may be completed within a period of 5 or 6 years, such and as we made it known to the neighborhood associations and the platform for those affected ". On September 28, the mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, recalled the victims who, eight years ago, caused the terrible floods that devastated an important part of the municipality. Mateos has reported that "today, eight years of what we know as the floods of 'San Wenceslao' are completed.

An episode of torrential rains that shook Lorca and caused serious damage to our municipality because, in addition to material damage, we had to regret personal injuries and several fatalities.

" The Mayor has detailed that "therefore, before the start of the Municipal Plenary for this month of September, we wanted to make a solemn reminder to the victims and the victims, keeping the entire Municipal Corporation, a minute of silence." Mateos Molina explained that "if in 2013 they had started doing things today, both the dams and the canal would already be finished.

But, today, the work is paying off and there is a big difference, and that is that it had to there should be a change of government so that the procedures to carry out these works could begin ". The mayor of Lorca has indicated that "the Segura Hydrographic Confederation, in the last year and a half, has put out to tender the dam projects, which are already well advanced, especially the Rambla de Béjar.

Therefore, in a year and a half has been done that has not been done in the previous six years and if it had started not in 2012, if not in 2013, they would have already concluded. "In addition, the Confederation has already carried out the previous procedures and is going to put out to tender, in a short time, the design of the new evacuation channel that will link the Rambla de Béjar with the Rambla de Biznaga so that the confluence of branches in this point and the water can be evacuated in those tanks.

" Diego José Mateos made it clear that "there is still a long way to go, but the important thing is that projects have already started and all the necessary previous actions have been started, which, according to what we have been told, may be completed within a 5 or 6 year execution period.

, as we made it known to the neighborhood associations and the affected platform and, if they had been carried out in 2013, probably an important part of that infrastructure would already be carried out today ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca