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The Minister of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and the Environment, Antonio Luengo, visited the municipality of Cehegín today, where he met with the mayor of the town, Alicia del Amor, to review a series of actions that the regional government it has foreseen, in the area of ??competence of the counseling, in the coming months, an amount close to 1.2 million euros.Luengo highlighted what these investments represent "both for the care of the environment and for the quality of life and safety of the inhabitants of Cehegín, so we can affirm that it is a very well invested and highly productive money." Thus, in the last quarter of the year, silvicultural treatments will be contracted to improve forest systems in the public forest of Las Rueldas, which represents an investment of around 500,000 euros and affects an area of ??around 900 hectares .

All this "with the aim of improving the care and protection of the mountains, the use of their resources and the prevention of fires in the area," he explained.On the other hand, the Community plans to soon undertake various actions in the field of repairing rural roads.

In the first place, authorizations are pending for the planned action on the La Canaleja rural road, which is expected to be sent for contracting at the end of the year, with a budget of 250,000 euros, and which connects the urban center of Cehegín with the El Chaparral district.

, running through numerous agricultural and livestock farms.

Along with this, the Governing Council recently approved the tender for the Salmartina roads (822 meters) and Hoya Redonda (776 meters long) for a value between them of 260,000 euros.Some works to which will be added the repair of the Camino de la Hoya de los Hermanos, more than 3,000 meters long, and for an amount of 171,000 euros recently selected in the third call for the repair of rural roads and whose project will be drawn up in the next few months.New storm tankThe Minister Luengo also highlighted the work carried out this year in the municipality, such as the storm tank that has had an investment of just over 375,000 euros for the conditioning of the aerobic sludge digester that ended last May.A work that has made it possible to use the old stabilization tanks as a storm tank and for flow regulation, "taking advantage of existing resources to avoid relief and thus have more water to treat and reuse it," explained Luengo.

In addition "it allows pre-purifying the water, since it retains the pollutant load of the first water drags, which represents an environmental improvement that corresponds to the commitment of the regional government to care for the natural environment."Visit to CanaraFlorThe counselor Antonio Luengo also made a visit to the carnation and chrysanthemum greenhouses of the CanaraFlor Producers Cooperative, located in the municipality and which currently has more than 60 partners, dedicated to the production and wholesale of cut flowers .

Among the varieties that stand out is the production of 24.3 million carnations and 2.1 million chrysanthemums."The Region of Murcia has a powerful sector for the production and sale of cut flowers and pot plants, and municipalities such as Cehegín are a clear example of their commitment to innovation and the development of technology to find new, more resistant varieties , of better quality and with greater possibilities in the national and international market ", explained the counselor. "We are facing a great opportunity to become a benchmark in the field of research and training in the cut flower sector in our country, and that is why we will continue to work together to find ways of collaboration that allow it," he concluded.The mayor of Cehegín, Alicia del Amor, has shown her gratitude to the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, Antonio Luengo, “for the investment of more than one million euros that will strengthen our rural roads and natural environments; and for the commitment and predisposition to this key sector such as the Cut Flower, which has had to face the consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic ”. 

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín