OPP agreement was signed, $ 900 thousand for 2 projects in La Laguna
He met this Thursday at his 4th plenary session of the period at the headquarters of the Municipality of Montevideo, the National Congress of Mayors.
In the agenda, the signing of agreements was included between the Office of Planning and Budget (OPP), the mayors and the mayors in the framework of the First Management Experience program for the new municipalities of Canelones, Long hill, Colonia, Paysandú, Soriano and Tacuarembó.
In total there are 11 municipal governments contemplated by this fund, including Laguna Merín.
“We signed the agreement with the OPP to start working on the projects presented by the 11 new municipalities, municipalities that obviously did not have a budget because they did not exist. That is why they gave us the endorsement of a project to execute within the next 6 months” confirmed Rodolfo Conde to The Daily Professional and Radio Río Branco in direct contact from the headquarters of the Congress of Mayors in Montevideo.
“We are very happy, as a new municipality we have many challenges. It is very important to receive this contribution for being within the last 11 municipalities created throughout the country” held.
First game of $ 540 thousand
“From these first days of October we will be receiving the first game of 60% of the $ 900,000 ($ 540,000) that they can give us” The mayor reported.
“We as Laguna Merín presented ourselves with two projects, one to make the corporeal letters at the entrance to our spa since when the work of the new route was done, those that were therefore we wanted to give that symbol of belonging to our municipality, and the other aims to refer to the square of the entrance to the town center” Count said.
“Yes, we are aware, like the neighbors of La Laguna, that there is much to do, these calls to present OPP projects arose when we just assumed” told “We had to present a proposal in 10 days. It was what we presented because apart from being a town where a stable population lives throughout the year, it is a spa where we received many tourists. We consider it important The mayor of the municipality of La Laguna Merín argued.
First project with OPP
“States two things will mark the initial kick for this very big challenge that we have ahead for the next 5 years. We are happy, first project, first joint work with the OPP. Obviously, from next year there are bigger challenges” advertisement.
“We were in the act of signing the agreements with the OPP with Christian Morel, the mayor of Cerro Largo. There is also giving us support to us as a ruler of the entire department” Rodolfo Conde said.
“It is a very big satisfaction to be here in the Municipality of Montevideo –I. Of the National Congress of Mayors- With several communal bosses, with the main team of the Office of Planning and Budget of the Presidency of the Republic ” pointed out.
These projects must be executed within the next 6 months, so as soon as the first departure exceeds $ 500,000, work will begin in the main spa of Cerro Largo. “In this way we are adding new things for our population” The mayor of the Laguna Merín stressed.
