Portal de Mazarron

www.portaldemazarron.com

• Home
• Business
• Hotels
• Restaurants
• News
• Advertisement

The mayor of Mazarrón, Alicia Jiménez, accompanied Monday to the Minister of Tourism, Javier Celdrán, during his visit to the starting point of the green line of Mazarrón, a 14-kilometer stretch that has been officially inaugurated.

The itinerary follows the old route of a railroad track that has been conditioned by hiker and cyclist use.

It travels inland of the municipality until La Pinilla.

Alicia Jiménez has expressed her satisfaction at the implementation of this greenway that helps to break the tourist seasonality in the municipality and that has been adequate with fencing, stabilization of the firm, drainage, signage and plantation of trees.

The City Council, as confirmed by the mayor, "is working to continue this journey to the coast of the municipality."

The greenway of Mazarrón has been officially inaugurated along the section of the Field of Cartagena of 53 kilometers.

The Tourism Minister, Javier Celdrán, added that "according to the first estimate we manage, these new greenways of the Campo de Cartagena and Mazarrón will have in their first year with at least 60,000 users"

The total investment made for the refurbishment of the old Totana-Cartagena railway line and its La Pinilla-Mazarrón branch was 1.34 million (the works have been co-financed with ERDF funds from the European Commission).

Among the actions carried out, the continuity and safety of the entire route has been guaranteed;

The soil has been conditioned with cement and polymer, after repairing the land;

The corresponding signage and signage have been placed, as well as the protection elements (handrails);

12 rest areas have been created, three eco-counters and tree-planting with about 1,600 pine trees and carob trees.

The general director of Tourism, Manuel Fernández Delgado, the mayor of Fuente Álamo, Antonio Jesus Garcia Conesa, the councilor of Tourism of the City of Mazarrón, María Ángeles Román, the councilman of Services, Domingo Hernández, the councilor of Tourism of Totana, members Of the management of the Consorcio de Vías Verdes and representatives of groups of hiking and cyclotourism have been present in the official act of inauguration of this new regional section of greenway.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón / Vídeo: Totana.com