1. A New POM for Growth and Employment
The Mayor of Torrijos, Juan José Gómez-Hidalgo, said that the claim is that this population is strengthened as "a city that comes not only to live
but also to work", taking into account the nearly 1,700,000 m2 dedicated industrial and tertiary sector. In addition, the new Municipal
Management Plan lays the foundation for Torrijos make the leap to town. Based on sustainable development models such as Vitoria and the
Management Plan of Havana, Jose Luis Sert, the POM torrijeño also provides a large green belt.
May 13, 2013 - The town of Torrijos and has a new Municipal Management Plan, which sets out the uses assigned to each of the lands that
make up the entire term. This morning the Mayor of Torrijos, Juan José Gómez-Hidalgo, accompanied by the Councillor for Economic and Social
Development, José María Flores Architect and urban planner who drafted the POM in cooperation with technical and legal services of the City,
Miguel Angel Jimenez Crespo , presented to the press the details of this document, the first Municipal Management Plan which has this town,
which has seen the light after a hard work carried out since 2008, shortly after the start of the first term of Gómez-Hidalgo, whose public
exposure was started last April 30, ending on 25 June. In this period all citizens who wish to know or make appropriate claims, may do so in the
Refectory Hall of the Palace of Peter I.
The Mayor of Torrijos, Juan José Gómez-Hidalgo, said that the intent of this POM is to strengthen the town as a town where "you come not
only to live but also to work. " In addition to this Plan of Arrangement defined "by allocating a large area for settlement companies", so does
"by the value given in the same care of citizens and the environment, with the contemplation of a large green belt surrounding the municipality.
" Although today is not a time of great growth, according to Gómez-Hidalgo, "with this POM are ready for those who were to occur, which
would, through this document, in a very thoughtful and orderly".
For its part, the Architect, Miguel Angel Jimenez Crespo, stressed that "more than a developing population, which we have tried to create all
conditions for Torrijos to develop economically and consolidated as a city, a city which is also surrounded by greenery, but they are crossed, not
isolated ". Moreover, he added that "to develop the POM Torrijos have always had in mind a polycentric city who live a variety of functions and
uses, the ring-shaped ordered, consolidating urban edges, creating new routes circumambulate the current urban and avoid current congestion
downtown, "said Jimenez Crespo, adding that" we place strategically soils for productive uses and propose the new edges, tall building
typologies and isolated, which allow sunlight, air circulation and obtaining magnificent views, the new image from the highway will be that of a
modern city. "
Features
In the new Municipal Management Plan highlights a large area of ??1,022,879.51 m2 intended for industrial use, and one for tertiary sectors
661,073.84 m2, in order to contribute to the creation of wealth and job creation in the municipality . It is noteworthy that these areas
dedicated to the installation of
companies are located at strategic points of entry to the town, facilitating visibility and good access to them.
Moreover, it is noteworthy that with this POM is intended that Torrijos is consolidated as a city and have adequate urban structure. It has
similar characteristics to sustainable development models such as Vitoria and the Management Plan of Havana, the famous architect José Luis
For residential area, this amounts to 2,415,641, 60 m2 and Area General Systems and Recreational Areas occupy 341,800.82 m2. In the last
section must refer to the large green belt surrounding Torrijos in this POM, both for pedestrian and bicycle, from which in turn leads to tertiary
and industrial areas. It is the only circle in this plane, as the new Municipal Management Plan is structured in concentric and radial, allowing the
citizen and public transport an organized move from one point to another of the population without having to pass through the center . Also
you can travel comfortably greenways, all of which are interconnected, so that the nature walk is not disrupted.
Moreover, the Municipal Management Plan supports a maximum population of about 36,000 inhabitants, there are currently about 13,500
people surveyed in this county torrijeña head of the region, which does not mean you get to reach that number of residents but the town
prepares to welcome. The validity period is 12 years, reviewing once after that time.
For the preparation of this POM have developed various studies of archaeological, demographic, mobility, sociological, environmental and
economic sustainability. With respect to the latter, have been recovered around 20,000 m2 of residential public land was converted to other
uses, and residential character that now allows the City to use the land for multiple purposes, such as, among others, alienation aimed at
generating new revenue for city coffers.
Torrijos City Council appreciates that as opposed to any bedroom community, the POM of this county commitment to diversification and is
intended ultimately to host tissue besides residential and industrial productive part very important, thus favoring the generation of wealth
within of the town itself, and caring on the other hand also that residents can keep in touch with nature and move through greenways within
the city in order that the quality of life for torrijeños is growing.
Press Contact:
Ayuntamiento de Torrijos
Media Relations
Ayuntamiento de Torrijos
Plaza de San Gil, 7 - 45500 Torrijos (Toledo)
925 770 801
http://www.torrijos.es/
POM, Growth and Employment, Torrijos, Mayor