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| José Ballesta: "We recovered this historical space and opened it to the city as a gateway to the neighborhood, with a new square and one of the largest children's play areas in Murcia "| The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, the councilor for Urban Development and Modernization, José Guillén, and the mayor of Pedanías and Barrios, Marco Antonio Fernández, visited today the works of the Palmeral de la Paz, an action that will allow to recover this natural enclave with a high landscape value as an emblematic space for family leisure in the municipality of Murcia, which covers an area close to 4,700m2"We recovered this historic space and opened it to the city," said Mayor José Ballesta, who indicated that "this green environment and healthy leisure will be the gateway to the neighborhood and the epicenter of neighborhood activities, an emblematic place that is it will revitalize with new specimens of palm trees and will have a new plaza and one of the largest children's areas in Murcia ”.The works in the La Paz neighborhood, which are carried out at the suggestion of the residents themselves within the Urban DNA initiative, began last July and are expected to conclude in November, with a budget of 311,341 euros.The complete remodeling of the garden will also make it more accessible, solving problems caused by its age, such as the renovation of the pavement and accesses.Specimens with more than half a centurySpecifically, the palm grove of La Paz, which has some specimens with more than half a century of life, is one of the most beautiful in the southeast of Spain together with the palm groves of Santiago and Zaraiche, which the City Council recovered and opened to all Murcians in 2016 with recreational and leisure activities.These two Murcian palm groves are integrated into the I Route of the Palm Groves of the Spanish Southeast and North Africa, an itinerary of tourist and heritage interest, in which the province of Murcia province shares a leading role with Alicante, Almería, and the countries of Palestine.

Sudan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania and Libya.A picnic area with a large pergolaThe Palmeral de la Paz, with a large number of palm trees, is located in the neighborhood that bears the same name, specifically at the entrance to Avenida Primero de Mayo, a location of great relevance in the city and in the municipality.Between the works to be carried out, the differences in dimensions will be eliminated.

In this way, a large plaza will be built and the pergolas will be eliminated, creating a new one in order to provide the area with better shade.The complete paving includes the replacement of all the curbs and the garden will be delimited with a new exposed concrete wall and metal cylinders.

In addition, all street furniture will be renovated, including benches and wastebaskets, and a picnic area will be created.The Palm Grove of La Paz will have a leisure area for children of all ages with rope games and integrators.

In addition, for this garden to continue to be considered one of the most important in the city of this type, there will be a plantation of date palms and Canary Islands, which will complete the existing ones, as well as the replanting of meadows.This project is 30.82% co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) within the framework of the Operational Program for Sustainable Growth 2014-2020, within the DUSI Murcia IT Strategy: Innovation + Tradition.ADN La Paz: opening of spaces, promoting coexistence and social reactivationIn addition to the recovery of the palm grove, the municipal initiative ADN Urbano La Paz has included other actions aimed at improving the neighborhood's public spaces proposed by the residents themselves and promoting participation and coexistence.Among them, the creation of a Soccer School with one of the best clubs in Spain, El Pozo Murcia, which is attended by boys and girls from the neighborhood between 6 and 15 years old, stands out; as well as the large open-air artistic mural 'Together we are a neighborhood'; creation of accessible itineraries and crash cleanings, among other actions.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia