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The Socialist Party calls on House to reconsider the construction of the parking lot of St. Stephen (12/11/2009)

The socialist mayor M ª José Alarcón, José Manuel Abellán and Mark Ros, after meeting with the dean and the president of the Culture Committee of the College of Architecture, emphasized the unique opportunity that an archaeological site of this nature is for the city of Murcia

Note from PSOE:

The Municipal Socialist Group today again demanded the mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, to reconsider the decision to build a public parking in the Garden of San Esteban, after meeting at the headquarters of the College of Architects to its dean, Francis Way, the chairman of its Committee on Culture, Enrique de Andrés.

Both spokesperson, María José Alarcón, and the councilors Marcos Ros and José Manuel Abellán stressed that the city of Murcia has a unique opportunity to demonstrate to all citizens and visitors an archaeological site of its kind, a unique destination with which build our future.

"The appearance of the remains of the medieval old town is very fortunate that we have had to Murcia," said Alarcón, "so it makes no sense to continue with the construction of parking, which can be transferred to other parts of the city.

How are we going to destroy the remains of this magnitude? "Asked the city spokesman.

It also indicated that this deposit can be a unique destination to learn about our past, so that nothing would happen if you take the political decision to move the location of the 'parking' to another place.

Socialist councilors responded to questions from reporters, who had found a great sensitivity on the part of managers of the College of Architects, in particular, Mark Ros, referred to the fact that "technically it would be very difficult to lift the remains to return then put in place due to the technical characteristics of the buildings appeared, with bricks and plaster. "

José Manuel Abellán recalled that the controversy over the parking lot of St. Stephen goes back to 2004 and the subsequent improvisation PP government in the city of Murcia on this subject is "the story of a encabezonamiento by Mayor Miguel Angel House."

Maria Jose Alarcon acknowledged that there are many economic interests at stake, but "policy makers must make decisions taking into account the general interests, the interests of citizens, neighbors and neighbors, and in this case go to defend a unique project for the city of Murcia. "

The meeting held today by the socialist mayor is just one of the meetings that the Municipal Socialist Group has been carrying out institutional basis to present proposals that keeps the PSOE in relation to medieval archaeological site of the Garden of San Esteban.

Just a few days ago held a meeting with the Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón.

Source: Grupo Municipal Socialista

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