| The Energy Efficiency and Bioclimatic Reconversion Plan contemplates 167 actions in 161 centers located in 37 municipalities, and 113,000 square meters of asbestos will be removed between 2020 and 2027 | The Ministry of Education and Culture has begun the works for the removal of asbestos in several educational centers in the Region of Murcia, complying with the planning established in the Energy Efficiency and Bioclimatic Reconversion Plan, which has an investment of 26.6 million euros, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The Minister of Education and Culture, Esperanza Moreno, visited this morning two of the educational centers contemplated in the first biennium of said plan: the IES Manuel Tárraga Escribano, from San Pedro del Pinatar, accompanied by the mayor of the town, Visitación Martínez, to know first hand the start of the works. One of the priority objectives of the plan is the removal in the educational centers of the constructive elements that contain fiber cement.
It is, therefore, a comprehensive plan for people who have lost heart.
Specifically, in the works of the IES Manuel Tárraga Escribano, which have a budget of 108,314 euros and an execution period of 3 months, the replacement of fiber cement with the removal of false ceilings is planned, as well as the restoration of the enclosure. In the case of the José María Lapuerta school, which the counselor has also visited, the works will last about two months and have a budget of 127,637 euros.
The works in this center are based on the replacement of the fiber cement roofs in three buildings that are part of the buildings that make up the educational center. In plan, divided into biennia, it includes works to be carried out in the 20-21 biennium in the municipalities of San Pedro del Pinatar, Caravaca de la Cruz, Cartagena, Cieza, Fortuna, Jumilla, Lorca, Molina de Segura, Mula, Murcia, Pliego and Totana.
In total, between 2020 and 2027, 167 actions will be carried out in 161 centers, located in 37 municipalities in the Region, and 113,000 square meters of asbestos will be removed.
The actions "meet the deadline recommended by European regulations," according to the counselor.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar