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-The training asks the mayor about the measures that will take after decreeing the level 2 of the protocol, which recognizes that Murcia suffers an "episode of air pollution", after 3 consecutive days in red alert.

Today, PM10 mean particles again exceed the 50 μg / m³ threshold established by the municipal protocol

-Your spokesperson, Alicia Morales, demands actions from Mayor Ballesta since "we suffer from a contaminated air as if we had industry or a level of services as high as in Madrid, and we are only one of the poorest provincial capitals of Spain."

-The map of the European Environment Agency warns that Murcia is one of the few cities in Spain that repeats the red alert for air pollution, while "the municipal lack of control and the poor organization of the team of Ballesta makes every day thousands enter of cars in the urban center and transit through it without space to park, without offering an efficient public transport alternative or safe parking and connected in the center through perimeter deterrents "

NOW MURCIA has denounced that Murcia has become a black spot on the map of air pollution of the European Environment Agency, where it has been shown as one of the few cities in Spain that repeats for several days its red alert for pollutants and PM10 particles.

The spokeswoman for the municipal training, Alicia Morales, has asked Mayor Ballesta for information on the measures he plans to apply, since according to the thresholds of pollution of the municipal protocol level 2 has been decreed, which means recognizing that Murcia is going through an "Episode of Atmospheric Pollution ", after spending several days in the first step of the protocol, the" Warning Level "-

Also, Morales has expressed that "the lack of political courage of Mayor Ballesta, more used to inaugurate lights colored lights and festive events, condemns us to Murcia remains a polluted city, poorly planned and does not develop real measures and effective to protect the environment and defend the public health of all citizens. "

The municipal group Now Murcia has denounced that "after three days in a row red alert for air pollution in Murcia, we are now on track to add a fourth day in a row, since data from the station of San Basilio show that we are still above 50 μg / m³ of daily average established by the municipal protocol ".

Therefore, from the training asked the councilors involved and the mayor on "what else has to happen in Murcia to take real and effective measures to reverse the 'episode of air pollution', which is serious and also dangerous to health , especially of groups with special risk as children, the sick and the elderly ".

On the other hand, Alicia Morales has pointed out that "in Murcia we suffer from a polluted air as if we had industry or a level of services as high as in Madrid, and we are only one of the poorest provincial capitals of Spain".

In addition, "we denounce that the municipal lack of control and the poor organization of the Ballesta team means that thousands of cars enter the urban center every day and transit through it without space to park, without offering an efficient alternative to public transport or secure parking. connected in the center through perimeter deterrents ".

In this sense, Murcia now points out that "for a bad municipal policy that strives to concentrate all Christmas activities in the reduced space of a few streets in the city center, has saturated this with lights, concerts and other events every few meters "and with it" making thousands of Murcia go to those streets using their private vehicles to travel from the districts with which they also circulate looking for parking ".

Finally, the municipal spokesperson, Alicia Morales, recalled that "since 2015 we have been asking Mayor Ballesta to take courageous measures against pollution and to improve the quality of life of all citizens, but we find ourselves again in an episode of pollution that does not stop and that is not faced with courage from the administrations, so we will continue demanding responsibilities both to the municipal and regional authorities, which again show a bad image of Murcia not only at the state level, but also in All Europe".

Source: Ahora Murcia