May 28, 2020 | Councils News, News, Water
- The works will be focused on renovating the pipe network, as well as the installation of valves and household connections.
- The total cost of these improvement actions, included in the service concession contract, amounts to 372,400 euros
The Redován City Council and the municipality’s potable water service concessionaire, Hidraqua, have started to work this week to improve the town’s water supply network. These works, that began this Monday, were contemplated in the service concession contract, consisting of three actions to execute new channelings and replacement of pipes, sectioning valves and connections in the Camino del Motor, Jesús Jordá and Seis de Diciembre streets, as well as the upper part of the town near the mountains.
The mayor of the municipality, Nely Ruiz, has expressed her satisfaction at the start of these works, which will allow “offering a better provision of an essential service and much needed on a day-to-day basis for all the residents of Redován”. She added that “in this way, we fulfill the commitment that we proposed as a government with the assignment of the service to the concessionaire company”.
In this way, the installation of approximately 1.750 meters of new conduction and the renovation of some 390 household connections will be carried out, as well as in places where there were no registration elements, such as those found in poor state of conservation due to age and presenting obsolete materials and insufficient diameter.
These works will serve to improve water pressure and ensure its quality, as well as minimizing the number of users who will be affected in the event of any breakdown due to breakdown or maintenance. The total cost of the actions amounts to 372.400 euros, with an execution period of approximately four months.
For his part, the mayor of Municipal Services, Ramón Escarabajal, has stated that “these works are very important, since they come to solve a historical problem in the municipality, such as water cuts.” Escarabajal has assured that “our objective is to improve the quality of life of the residents of Redován, and that is why we are going to carry out these much-needed actions.”
May 15, 2020 | Councils News, Health service, News, Town planning
- The actions planned in the health center include repairs to the façade, repainting of interior walls and the installation of a new air conditioning system
The Redován City Council, which is headed by Mayor Nely Ruiz, today approved in the Local Government Board the contracting file that involves the bidding process for the reform of the municipal auxiliary medical office, located on the ground and first floors of the sociocultural center municipal Ricardo Ruiz Poveda. “It is a first step to carry out these much-needed repairs, which will allow better healthcare for all of Redován’s neighbors,” said the mayor.
This contracting file will have a maximum budget of 100,000 euros, corresponding to the grant awarded by the Generalitat Valenciana, framed within the PIAC plan for Architectural Intervention in Clinics. “The project includes the repair of the exterior facade, very deteriorated, with the elimination of the two exterior pillars, as well as the elimination and replacement of the gresite plinth of the walls,” explained José Najar, Councilor for Urban Planning.
In the same way, the interior walls will be repainted and a stoneware plinth will be installed in passage areas and waiting rooms. The reform also includes the installation of a new air conditioning system, “which will make access to the facilities more bearable during the hot months,” added Najar.
It is foreseen that the works to refurbish the clinic will be carried out in a maximum period of six months, a period during which “health care for citizens will not be interrupted,” explained the Councilor for Health, Marisol. Martínez, who added that “it is essential for this municipal government team, and above all in the current context of the health crisis in which we find ourselves, to maintain this essential and necessary service”.
The mayor of Redován has finally stressed the importance of having a quality health service in the municipality and facilities in optimal conditions, “either carrying out this much-needed reform of the office, but also not neglecting something so important as is the pending project of the health center for Redován ”, she added.
May 8, 2020 | Commerce, Councils News, News
- The City Council has created a group with all the establishments to transmit the information regarding the reopening from Monday
The Redován City Council will propose in the next municipal plenary session in May the suspension of the rate of terraces for the bars and restaurants of the municipality, as reported by the mayor, Nely Ruiz, along with the councilor for Commerce, Maite Martínez, and the councilor for Legal Services, José Nájar. “In this way, we adopted a new measure to favor entrepreneurs in this sector and facilitate their return to activity and mitigate the economic effects produced by the ‘Covid-19’ health crisis, which has forced them to close for almost two months, “said the mayor. In addition, as expressed by the Councilor for Legal Services, “will not be charged or will be returned in cases where payment has occurred.”
For his part, Maite Martínez has assured that “we are in permanent contact with bars and restaurants to transmit the information on the conditions of their opening for next Monday the 11th at the time they are issued by the central government”, for ensure the correct implementation of sanitation and hygiene measures in bars and restaurants when entering phase 1 of de-escalation. The Councilor for Commerce added that the main objective is to guarantee that “they can return to their activity as soon as possible, ensure the economic viability of the owners and ensure the health of the users.”
On the other hand, the mayor, Nely Ruiz, has highlighted the importance of relaunching the commercial and catering sector, but specifying that it is something that must be done “always following health and safety recommendations to avoid unnecessary risks.” Ruiz also wanted to thank the work that has been done from all the departments of the Government Team since the start of the ‘Coronavirus’ health crisis, “and also now more than ever, at the moment when it seems that we can begin to retake some normality, and it’s time to help Redován’s neighbors in any way we can ”.
Apr 21, 2020 | News
- The mayor, Nely Ruiz, also calls for the sending of a diagnostic test “to guarantee that the measures adopted are adjusted to the situation and guarantee the safety of the neighbors”
The Mayor of Redován, Nely Ruiz, has sent a letter to the Minister of Health, Ana Barceló, in which she requests that the details of those infected by Coronavirus that are in the Valencian Community be disclosed in detail and by municipalities, with the aim of “being able to adopt the most appropriate local policies to guarantee the health security of the residents of Redován”.
The first mayor has recalled that this measure was already announced by the President of the Community, Ximo Puig, on April 8. “Two weeks later, it has not yet been launched, nor has any information been received in the municipality of Redován, nor have the massive tests necessary to detect Covid-19 or instructions to get them done with the Health Center” Ruiz has declared. However, and as the mayor has stated, “in health departments such as Torrevieja they have communicated these data in each locality”, and in other autonomous communities such as the Region of Murcia, “all municipalities of the evolution of the Covid-19 in all of them ”.
This is the second letter that the mayor has sent to the Ministry of Health with this request. The response to the first letter argued to update the data on the situation of the Covid-19 in the Valencian Community daily only by Health Departments “and for statistical purposes only”, to respect at all times the anonymity and the non-identification of specific persons and of in accordance with the data protection principles.
From the City Council of Redovan, they understand that in order to “guarantee health conditions and a successful solution to the health crisis of Redován’s neighbors, strategies must be set in cooperation between all administrations”, but “without ever forgetting the role of the town councils, which are always the closest institution to the citizen ”, stated the first mayor.
Ruiz stressed the vital importance of knowing the number of people affected by the pandemic at the municipal level, since "having all the data and information possible is the only way to achieve a successful exit from the current health crisis." Likewise, the Mayor added that "only in this way can we be sure that the measures we are taking to protect our citizens are the most appropriate under the circumstances."
Mar 27, 2020 | News
- City Council will allocate a first package of 50,000 euros in social aid, in addition to dedicating 9,000 euros in aid for the payment of IBI for families without resources or who have been affected by the health crisis
- The processing of the Budgets for 2020 has also been paralyzed to reorient the budget lines and mitigate the effects of the coronavirus through a plan to promote the local economy.
The Mayor of Redován, Nely Ruiz, accompanied by the councilors of the municipal government team, has appeared online today to inform citizens of the measures being carried out by the Redován municipal government.
The mayor has reported on the measures being taken by the Redován City Council on the occasion of the health crisis caused by COVID-19, such as “the closure and sealing of municipal facilities or the increase in security and surveillance of the Local Police, as well as carrying out disinfection and thorough cleaning of streets and municipal facilities,” she said.
Ruiz has also announced the suspension of the approval of the municipal budgets for the year 2020, the draft of which was already finalized, “with the aim of reorienting the budget items included in it to address emergency situations caused by this crisis,” has indicated.
For this reason, a first package of 50,000 euros in social aid is going to be allocated, managed by the Social Services of the La Vega Community, of which 30,000 euros have been contributed by the Alicante Provincial Government. Likewise, 9,000 euros in aid will be allocated to defray the IBI (Real Estate Tax) to families without resources or who have been affected by the health crisis situation.
On the other hand, and with regard to the rate of terraces of cafeterias and bars, the mayor has declared that “the pertinent returns will be made to the owners of these establishments, since the taxable event that has allowed their utilization, “Ruiz explained. In the same way, the weekly market rates and those corresponding to sports activities carried out by the Redován City Council, motivated by the temporary closure of its activity, will not be charged during the period of alarm.
The 2020 budgets will also include a Plan to promote the local economy, aimed above all at the shops, bars and cafes in the municipality that have had to close down during this crisis, to help them reactivate their economic activity.
The mayor has also indicated that, once the set of grants from the different Public Administrations are known, from the City Council “we will study and specify the necessary requirements to apply for them, and thus be able to help the maximum number of people from Redován “.
The mayor has finished her speech by conveying a message of calm and thanks to the population of Redován, for their exemplary behavior in the face of the confinement measures decreed by the Government of Spain. She also wanted to thank the work of the health workers who are caring for sick people, the Local Police and State Security Forces and Bodies, the Armed Forces, the municipality’s pharmacies and the shops that are open to guarantee the supply of basic products, as well as the municipal brigade.
“Ultimately, we want to thank all the people who are helping to make this situation more bearable, and putting their lives at the service of citizens,” said Ruiz, also thanking the great capacity for awareness and collaboration of the Redovans, encouraging to continue the work of confinement until now until the end of the State of Alarm. “The most important thing is to be prepared to be able to help the neighbors who need it,” she said. “We are in a difficult time. It is important to act calmly and serenely, be well informed and do what the professionals recommend us,” she concluded.
