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The regional deputy for the constituency of North West, Jesus Lopez, will present an amendment to the Budget for 2010 claiming the CARM funds to ensure archaeological excavations and consolidation in the late Roman city of Begastri in Cehegín.

Jesus Lopez met with local leaders of the PSOE in this county, explained that this amendment is intended to guarantee that the brutal fall of the budget for heritage protection does not affect the continuity of the work being done. "

The regional program budget for heritage protection has fallen in investors chapters (6 and 7) of 8.28 to 3,680,000 euros and the entire Department of Fine Arts and Cultural Property 32.74 to 19.13 million euros.

For the parliamentary socialist "these figures are very worrying for the archaeological heritage of the region and Begastri not immune to this concern."

Lopez recalled that these excavations are in store major findings, the last of them was a fragment of a late Roman sarcophagus with a bas-relief shows the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, along with four other fragments found above demonstrate the existence in Begastri, a society heavily Romanized.

There is also evidence of cultural stages upstream Gothic Roman settlement, possibly reaching the Iberian period.

By decision of the mayor of Cehegín, last November 13 jobs were awarded to a 2nd phase of excavation, consolidation and musealization in that city.

However, these actions still are based on the 2009 budget.

Jesus Lopez stressed that "it is necessary to ensure continuity of work, must also be chained, because if you dig and not consolidated, the weather could end up destroying and damaging debris research and dissemination of these findings, a point also of great importance. "

Socialist Parliamentary Group will present a total of 16 amendments to the municipality of Cehegín, among which are the transformation of the polygon "Saltwater" business park, the continuation of the architectural restoration work in old Cehegín, various improvements collection of solid urban waste, improvements in short-distance paths and different roads in the municipality of Cehegín, among others.

Jesus Lopez reported that the per capita expenditure Cehegín territorializado is below the regional average.

Source: PSRM-PSOE