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José Ballesta: "The river becomes a natural classroom that brings students the flora and fauna of this environment, its history (the before and after its recovery), heritage and the value of water for Murcia."
Schoolchildren from the Region can attend environmental talks at the Molinos del Río and conduct orientation games and safe boat trips to discover this natural ecosystem
The students of the Region of Murcia have from today the opportunity to discover the natural environment of the river Segura through the activity 'Murcia River Educa', which have been jointly launched by the City Council, Aguas de Murcia and La Verdad, in collaboration with the Club Murcia Remo.
The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, who presented the activity on the Manterola walkway together with the managing director of Aguas de Murcia, José Albaladejo, and the general director of Truth, Antonio González, said that "environmental awareness in this environment Murcia has cost us decades to recover is a responsibility of all, something that we must inculcate the new generations of Murcia, who today can enjoy this unique natural ecosystem.
In this way, schoolchildren in the region can attend environmental talks given by specialists in the Molinos del Río (about the water cycle in cities, the network of irrigation ditches, waterwheels and mills that integrates the hydraulic heritage of Murcia ... ), as well as making trips in specially insured boats, to guarantee the well-being of the participants.
The first ones to do it today were the students of the Samaniego de Alcantarilla school.
"The river becomes a natural classroom that brings students the flora and fauna of this environment, its history (the before and after its recovery), heritage and the value of water for Murcia," said José Ballesta, who He added that "there will be three hours of intense fun and learning that will accompany young people forever."
At the same time, the students will approach the values ​​of the sport activity through canoeing and orientation games, discovering the possibilities of the sheet of water as it passes through the center of the city as an optimal environmental environment for water sports and outdoors.
Before getting on the boat, with the life jacket and shovel, each student will learn the basics of canoeing.
The boats will leave from the new pier enabled under the Manterola gangway.
How to register
The activity 'Rio Educa' will take place from Monday to Friday in the school period (from this month of April to June - last quarter - and will continue the next year).
It is aimed at students of third cycle of Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate.
The number of places of students per center will be 20. For information and reservations, schools can write to the email rioeduca@laverdad.es
Back to the Segura
Murcia is today one of the few Spanish capitals that has an urban and navigable river, which crosses the heart of the capital, thanks to the comprehensive program of purification and reuse of water, which has allowed "today Murcia we can look again at our river with pride, "said José Ballesta.
"El Segura has been distinguished as the European river where the best environmental restoration has been developed, thanks to a joint effort led by the CHS, enjoying today an optimal state of health that not only benefits the quality of water, but also the ecosystems linked to the river, so that species previously threatened by pollution, such as otters, eels and certain birds, have once again inhabited the Segura channel and its natural environment, "said the mayor.
'Murcia Río' progresses at a good pace
'Murcia Río' is one of the strategic projects of the City Council, the spearhead of a transformation model of the city that is committed to returning to Murcia spaces that are part of the heritage of the city, opening them up again and recovering life in they.
'Murcia Río' is the most important structuring project of the municipality for the coming years, which affects the 27 km of the Segura channel and an area of ​​250,000 m2.
Currently, there are different actions underway and already advanced:
-Access Malecón-Río from the Garden of the Four Stones.
Currently the work is progressing at a good pace.
-River route 'Murcia River' and Alameda del Melacón.
Project approved in Government Board whose works will begin in the coming weeks.
The riverwalk will support the transformative project 'Murcia Río', a green itinerary that affects an area of ​​20,000 m2 that will be used entirely for pedestrian and cyclist use, with family areas for stays and promenades and segregated bike lanes.
-Carrier bike on the left bank.
The bike lane that runs along the lower part of the riverbed has been executed, in a length of 1.8 km, which allows crossing the city pedestrianly and by bicycle, between the Manterola Bridge and the Auditorium.
-Ilumination of the channel from Manterola to Fica.
With low consumption lights that allow you to walk or ride a bike at dusk, with visibility and safely on the margins of Segura, without affecting the fauna or flora of the river banks.
Finished project.
-Parque de Cabecera-Contraparada.
A project of Interpretation Center of the Contraparada is already written, where users will be informed about the natural, landscape, cultural, historical and ethnographic values ​​of the Huerta de Murcia.
-Actuation of landscape and natural recovery of the river bed in its passage through the municipality and recovery of the meanders of the river.
A working group has been created with the participation of the Universities of Murcia and Cartagena, Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura and the ANSE naturalist association.
- Naturalized adaptation of the right margin.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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