The Government of Spain is implementing 11,700 projects worth 950 million in the Region of Murcia

• The Executive has already allocated 1,755 million euros for the deployment of investments of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, of which 808 have been through transfers in Sectorial Conference, agreements and direct concessions agreed with the autonomous government
• The Government delegate highlights the effort made in 2023 by all ministries to guarantee the Welfare State and promote territorial cohesion and economic dynamization in the Region of Murcia
• 154,491 pensioners have benefited from the revaluation of their retirement pension, located at 1,269 euros, 288 more than in 2018

January 31, 2024. The Region of Murcia has already received 2,013 million euros from the Next Generation EU Funds, of which the Government of Spain has allocated 1,755 million for the deployment of investments of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, 947 million direct investment from the General Administration of the State to execute 11,670 projects, and 808 million through transfers in Sectorial Conference, agreements and direct concessions agreed with the autonomous government.

The rest, 258 million euros, belong to the OBJECTIVE-EU fund, designed to help the territories to strengthen the Welfare State, protect public services and reactivate the economy after the impact of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, as indicated by the Government delegate in the presentation of the socio-economic balance of the management of the Central Executive in our Autonomous Community in 2023.

This is a significant increase compared to last year, when AGE implemented 5,850 projects worth 329 million euros in direct investment. Thus, in 2023, the projects in execution have been increased to 11,670, which means 5,820 more projects and an increase of 618 million euros.

Likewise, the cumulative amount received by the Autonomous Community through transfers in the Sectorial Conference has gone from 648 million in 2022 to 808 million in 2023, 160 million euros more.

Mariola Guevara has explained or that there are very important investments underway in priority aspects for the Region, such as numerous actions in those processes that concern water management to guarantee the supply and safety of water while the effects of the drought are curbed. In this sense, he has highlighted the investment for the expansion and use of photovoltaic energy in the desalination plants of Águilas and Valdelentisco or the improvement and optimization of irrigation, with an investment of more than 50 million euros that will improve the efficiency and sustainability of the irrigation and that will cover 19,000 hectares of irrigation.

“We talk about very important investments that benefit almost all strata and socio-economic sectors, focused on projects and strategic needs of the Region, such as the development of infrastructure, especially the advance of the High Speed and the Mediterranean Corridor, or renewable energy projects for the strengthening of the value chain of renewable hydrogen, with 66 million euros of funding,” he said.

In addition, he mentioned the importance of these funds to give decisive support to sustainable mobility and the improvement of air quality in the municipalities, with the development of Low Emission Zones in Yecla, Torre-Pacheco, Murcia, Molina de Segura, Lorca, Cartagena and Águilas, with an investment of 54.3 million euros.

“There are thousands of projects aimed at economic recovery and transformation that serve as a necessary complement to all the social policies promoted by this government in 2023 and that, among other examples, have allowed

That 154,491 pensioners see their retirement pension increased to 1,269 euros, 288 euros more than in 2018, or that 62,181 people who collect the widow’s pension have increased their monthly payroll by 195 euros, 31% more than in 2018,” he said.

The delegate of the Government has said that this government manages the economy better “because we put it at the service of the people”, and in this sense has valued the increase of indefinite contracts up to 358,494, 286% more than in 2019, or the number of scholarships, which reached the last year the 33,280 beneficiaries, with a total amount of 73.6 million for students of the Region of Murcia. “In addition, we have 101,796 beneficiaries of the Minimum Vital Income, 63,968 of the electric social bond, 646,333 members of the Social Security, 71,468 more than in December 2018, and we have issued 29,130 free transport subscriptions and 50% AVANT.”

In short, it has concluded, sensitivity, measures, policies that promote economic dynamization and momentum, social and territorial cohesion, the development of infrastructures, environmental protection, support for innovation, the promotion of culture, sport and the protection of heritage, Education and Health and that, fundamentally, improve the lives of citizens.”