| This week the meeting was held for the initial diagnosis of the "Smart City Master Plan", included in the EDUSI "Las Torres Conecta" | The "Smart City Master Plan" of Las Torres de Cotillas continues to take its steps to become a reality.
This week the meeting was held to prepare the initial diagnosis of this project, included in the Strategy for Sustainable and Integrated Urban Development (EDUSI) "Las Torres Conecta" of the local City Council.
"Members of the different municipal departments involved in this plan that is moving towards the smart city participated in this meeting, along with personnel from the winning consulting company," explains the Councilor for European Projects, Francisco Jesús López Manzanera. "The objective is to create a smart city, where information and communication technologies (ICT) are applied to achieve infrastructures that provide a better quality of neighborhood life, sustainable development, active citizen participation and more effective resources", says the Torreño mayor, Joaquín Vela Fernández For a smart city "This action is framed in line 1 of this strategy and is called" Las Torres on the way to the Smart City.
Development of necessary actions to classify the city as Smart City ", reports the Councilor for New Technologies, Rafael Martínez García. The EDUSI Torreña has a total amount of 6,250,000 euros for investments in the municipality, of which 80% is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (Feder), through the Pluriregional Operational Program of Spain 2014-2020, while 1,250,000 euros are of municipal contribution.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas