The Mayor of Totana, Juan José Canovas, meets tomorrow with the government delegate, Antonio Sanchez-Solis Querol, who, among other things, will require the immediate cessation of the proposed route of the power line passing through Totana and affects more than 150 residents of this town.
The mayor will address other issues related to public safety in the city, but among their demands, transfer the need to stop this project that is causing the discomfort and concern of neighbors of Totana and the neighboring municipality of Aledo, and has led to the creation of a public platform.
Juan Jose Canovas has shown its strong support unceremoniously to the residents of Totana and Aledo by the negative consequences of the line and the towers project envisages crossing in the vicinity to the town and much of the regional park of Sierra Espuña.
The municipal government and convened an informational meeting last Thursday, attended by the first deputy mayor, Andres Garcia and Town Planning, Carlos Enrique Ballester, along with about 200 affected who were reportedly at the cultural center "Jail" of all municipal administrations show respect and institutional support.
Municipal officials, who were accompanied by municipal technicians, informed attendees, multimedia documents, all the steps, studies and efforts made by the City Council a few weeks ago from the neighborhood mobilizations began.
The meeting was also attended by the Councillor Gertrudis Maria Ruiz.
Furthermore, people agreed to become public platform and appoint several spokespersons (three representatives) in order to coordinate action;
and they decided to go together Consistory on technical advice and public actions to take.
The City Council will help them in decisions and actions that decide to undertake, as well as in the development of the allegations will submit the planned route;
and will hang all the information in the municipal digital platform.
Also, Totana Town Council will draft a claim to the entire project and will collaborate with neighbors in making their own individual claims.
Councilman reiterated that the current government team will be with those affected in all transactions and activities carried out.
Also on Tuesday, the 24th, at 20:00, another informational meeting in order to take account of administrative actions and developments have on the matter.
The line crosses about 15 kilometers through the town of Totana and project for the construction of a photovoltaic plant in the hamlet Lorca Zarcilla Ramos, for which it is intended to execute the infrastructure surrounding the municipalities of Lorca, Aledo and Totana.
This is an aerial power line of 400 kilovolts built to drain the energy from the solar power plant at the substation next to the industrial park "The Saladar".
This plant projected proceeds from the private initiative that promotes the company "Gestamp-Andaltia" and can cross housing, intensive irrigated crops, farm buildings, sidewalks, trails, archaeological sites and so on.
The route of this line affects the vicinity of places of cultural, scenic and environmental interest as the site of La Bastida in Totana and the Strait of Arboleja in Aledo.
