The President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, highlighted the commitment of the Consell in the recovery of the Vega Baja and valued the investment of 21.1 million euros until 2026 “to accelerate and respect” the hydraulic infrastructure from the region “because he can’t wait any longer.”
This was stated during the presentation of phase II of the works of the infrastructure network for irrigation of Vega Baja as part of the fifth anniversary of DANA. The event took place in the presence of the Minister of Agriculture, Water, Livestock and Fisheries; Miguel Barrachina; the president of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Toni Perez; and the mayor of San Fulgencio, Jose Maria Ballesteramong other representatives.
The head of the regional executive stressed the real commitment of his government to change to improve and consolidate the region’s water infrastructure network and regretted “that this has not been the case in the last five years because not all the work has been carried out.”
In this sense, he said that the Consell is firm in its acceleration and in fulfilling the commitments with the Vega Baja and “we will continue to do so even with 100% of our own budget, avoiding municipalities having to pay the European Union VAT funds.” and looking for new funds.
“The citizens of Vega Baja do not deserve promises that are not accelerated and that are not fulfilled,” Mazón stressed, emphasizing that “this region does not deserve to face another fall term while waiting for another to arrive.” DANA»
In this regard, he stressed that the Consell allocates 13.5 million to improve hydraulic infrastructure for irrigation within the framework of phase 2 of the “Vega Baja Aid Plan”. These actions aim to improve the competitiveness of irrigation in the area, promote water savings, increase water efficiency and adaptability to the future. floods.
Concretely, actions will be carried out in: the arroba of San Bartolomé in Orihuela and Rafal; the Azarbe de la Gralla, the Azarbe de las Fuentes, the Azarbe de los Caballos, the Alquibla irrigation canal and the Molina irrigation canal in Orihuela; the New Irrigation Canal and the Palacios de Formentera del Segura Irrigation Canal; the azabe of Piedra Horadada in Callosa de Segura; the Canalillo de Albatera and the Crevillente canal; the canal from the 1st to the 2nd level of irrigation of the Levante in Elche and the Aguas Vivas de Dolores Cebada Azarbe.
Likewise, the head of the Consell referred to the works of conditioning of the hydraulic irrigation infrastructures that the Valencian government is carrying out in the municipalities of Saint FulgencioCrevillente, Catral and Orihuela, which have an investment of 4.1 million euros.
Likewise, he said that Vega Baja will receive 3.5 million from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism that will be managed by the Generalitat for the conditioning, rehabilitation and improvement of hydraulic infrastructures, in order to face future floods and improve water efficiency.
Pedro Sanchez’s appeal to the executive
During his visit, the President made a call At Government of Spain “to act in the cleaning and the maintenance of our rivers or let those of us who wish to act to avoid risks useless to more than 700,000 people who live in Vega Baja.
Likewise, he urged all political forces to participate in the Valencian Community Hydrographic Plan “to fight and respond in unity to the Community’s demands for the water that we deserve.”
Likewise, he mentioned the leadership of the Valencian Community in the reuse of water “because now it is purified and reused after four years without a body of water.” purification“, while highlighting the implementation of sanitation plans worth 60 million euros from the current Water Directorate.
Performances on the Riegos de Levante channel
On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the DANA that affected the Vega Baja region, Mazón visited the packaging works carried out by the Generalitat in San Fulgencio.
There will be a rehabilitation of the channel Riegos de Levante main project, an action that has a budget of almost 1.9 million. In addition, the channeling of 102 meters of the main channel with concrete frames of the section between the decanter and the first elevation is carried out, covering the channel with a metal tramex platform, installing automatic grid cleaners next to the sandpit doors, conditioning of the 3 existing pumps and installation of a new one, with an investment of 1.6 million.
It is worth mentioning that during DANA 2019, the Riegos de Levante channel was used as a spillway when all the theazabes in the area were overflowing with water. The goal now is to increase and ensure its capacity so that it can transport a greater amount of water in case of future rains.
Unit against gender-based violence
Before his intervention at the event, the President of the Generalitat transferred his condolences in the face of the “terrible losses of three workers in Benifairo of the Valls.
Likewise, he condemned a new case of gender violence in the Valencian Community and showed “the rejection “the unanimity of all Valencian society in the face of a scourge that persecutes us and that we will continue to fight against it without any kind of crack between us.”
