As reported by José Eduardo Illueca, Councilman Environment of the City of Cieza, "the Segura basin has conducted cleanup and restoration of abandoned Leaping Menju, who have already finished canal".
The performance had been repeatedly requested from the Department of the Illueca that owns.
As noted by the Councillor for the Environment, "in the Salto del Menju it has been made that they act within the Project and financed Riverlink consistent European funds in the construction of a 'gateway' to fish up the river to spawn in its highlands and they find insurmountable obstacles in the numerous dams that, with one or another purpose, mark the course of the Segura ".
The bill contains "many positive elements" in the valuation of Illueca, but "in the case of Menju a serious mistake was made in the works since, with the permission of the owner, the old channel of the electrical jump was used to throw the remains of many trees felled in the area, covering it with soil, regardless, probably through ignorance, this channel is a protected Catalog Cieza General Plan element. "
It has been some months since then "and finally we have achieved that the Basin Authority to assume its responsibility in the matter and would restore the channel status to their previous situation, which was not easy, because in principle it was alleged as difficulty lack of budget item ".
In any case, Illueca is pleased that finally "has acted correcting what was done wrong, and proves that perseverance and insistence often achieve their goals."
It concludes this council saying that "acting in Menju is not completed by the Confederation, since it is the phase of botanical and ecological restoration with native species, which will be held soon and we hope that once everything is completed the Installation is finally old canal satisfactorily integrated in the environment that is not forget, one of the most important values ​​they cherish in our river and region ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza