This year, avoid reproducing the image of groups of people struggling in the cold and rain under the arcades of the station building or the station building. Red Cross at the funfair, a common spectacle at certain times during the last olive growing season, such is the objective of the Social Services Delegation of the Lucena City Hall.
Thus, the councilor of this municipality, Irene Aguilera, announced that the City Council is already working on a system that will allow occasional overnight accommodation to be offered to seasonal workers who come to the city during the olive harvest period. This announcement comes after the experience of the last campaign, in which the emergency forced us to improvise in mid-December. temporary accommodation and the rules for use in the small service cabins of the exhibition center, in the absence of a place suitable for this purpose.
A more organized response
Aguilera explained that, unlike last year, the The city hall is trying to provide a more organized and anticipated response to this problem. “We are working to arbitrate a solution in a more planned way, because this year there would be no option to do as in the past, when we act through an emergency protocol,” said Aguilera, who indicated that various alternatives are being studied, both in municipal and private establishments, and that all options are on the table, although he acknowledged that “it is not a simple task” due to legal limitations and available resources.
Regarding the possible opening dates of this system, Area He indicated that it would depend on the weather conditions. “Ultimately, these are devices that adapt to circumstances such as the presence of cold and rain. I can’t give a date, because the cold arrives later every time. Last year it was inaugurated in December, but the important thing is that it is ready when the need arises,” Aguilera explained.
Regarding the budget, the popular councilor stressed that the Social services They still have funds for emergencies, although he stressed the need to comply with the appropriate regulations and procedures. In the medium term, the Lucena City Council continues to explore the possibility of having a municipal shelter, although this possibility is subject to obtaining public subsidies that have not been obtained at the moment.
