THE MAIN PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE TACKLED IN CARTAGENA URGENTLY

The main purpose of this report is to evaluate the problems that we can perceive when walking around Cartagena. Summing
up a wide range of opinions based on the information provided by different citizens being asked on the street, they agreed
to mention the following matters as the most important:

1- TRAFFIC: CAR PARK ZONES / MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC. Nowadays, car owners find several difficulties to drive their cars
in Cartagena. Not only in the main shopping streets, but also in the suburbs which are being built up in the outskirts. This
chaos is due to the public building works in several of those streets. And a more specific problem is the lack of parking
spaces. People have serious problems whenever they wish to park their cars, besides having to pay very high prices.

2- THE LACK OF CLEANING SERVICES having clean streets is an important point for a city which is working on its
development in different ways. One of the most striking aspects of this issue is the lack of litter bins all around the city. So
as to have an optimistic reference of the city, we have to improve our appearance. It is unacceptable that we have not clean
public squares, playpens, landmarks, etc… in so important a city, as Cartagena is. These places are always dirty and
neglected. We could take the city of Murcia as an example of this issue. Suffice it to go around Murcia and to take note how
they care for their monuments, landmarks and obviously their magnificent squares.

3- THE CLOSENESS OF HOLY WEEK. It is a well-Known fact that Easter is one of the most important occasions in our city. If
the street works continue under construction, the inhabitants of this city would not be able to enjoy the Holy Week’s
religious parades as we used to. We believe it is one of the problems that need to be resolved urgently.

4- POLICE PRESENCE. As everyone knows, Cartagena is a city that is growing in a diversity of ways. A wide range of
suburbs are being set up in the outskirts and obviously more police-officers are necessary. It is clear that an alarming
increase of criminality is threatening society and we need be and feel safe. We should find solutions together. It has been
suggested that matters could be helped if there was greater police presence on the streets and we agree on that point.

· CONCLUSION From all this, it follows that we must assume that the development of a city is no easy task and in
conclusion we must to work together because we all want the best for Cartagena