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Park Avenue from the Rose Garden neighborhood of Providence, located on the western outskirts of the town of Archena, will be upgraded thanks to a grant from the Department of Housing and Architecture, under the financing agreement signed this morning between the Minister of Public Works, José Ballesta, and the local mayor, Manuel Marcos Sánchez.

Thanks to this agreement, the Community will support part of the refurbishment, the total amount is 182,500 euros.

During the ceremony, the Minister stressed "the importance of environment recovery and redevelopment of parks as places of civic life integrators capable of uniting the physical and social infrastructure of cities."

Regarding the rehabilitation of urban areas conducted by the Directorate General of Housing and Architecture in the various municipalities of the Region, Ballesta noted that in 2008 have involved an investment of over 8 million euros.

Specifically, the plot on which we act has an area 2,223 meters square, where much of the social and cultural activity in the neighborhood, in addition to the festivities.

At present there are various children's play areas and petanque courts, without a clear separation of different uses, in addition to being a park over the years has worn but thanks to the funding of Public Works , will be enhanced.

First, conditioned and rearranging existing spaces, eliminating one of the two children's play areas and expanding the surface of the other, as with the existing bocce courts, of which disappear two to allow increase remaining dimensions.

In the central area have a floor slab of granite and identify an area paved with cobblestones, which is expected to serve as a stage set for outdoor cultural activities.

In the area occupied by the deleted playground will be available a concrete floor will be used by local bars to place their terraces.

The remaining spaces will be pedestrian circulation paths and roads, cobblestone pavements treated, who will join some other areas.

The Minister stressed that "public spaces are of great value to social life from many perspectives, and its design can influence the social integration of its inhabitants, at the same time they can express through his image, the ability organization and order, host culture, or the dynamics of a neighborhood. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Archena