ARCHIVED - Alhama de Murcia pushing forward with Paramount Park

The Mayor met with Premursa, park contractors and the regional tourism minister on Friday

The Mayor of Alahama de Murcia, Alfonso Fernando Cerón, met with the  President of Premursa, Jesús Samper, along with representatives of the two companies chosen to undertake the first phase construction works of the Paramount Theme Park in Alhama de Murcia,  Ferrovial and CHM, on Friday to discuss a number of subjects relating to the construction of the park within the Alhama de Murcia municipality.
The regional minister for culture and tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, was also present at the meeting.

The logistics of undertaking such a large-scale project require careful planning, one of the first concerns of Alhama de Murcia council being is to ensure that jobs are created for the municipality and that local businesses are given the opportunity to offer their services to undertake contracts at the park.
For this reason the AECA (Asociación de Empresarios de la Construcción de Alhama) association of construction businesses within Alhama de Murcia, presented their list of businesses interested in undertaking work at the park, and also indicated that any other local businesses interested in offering their services could do so at the offices of Premursa in the main commercial park in Alhama, the Salinas Industrial Park.

The Mayor said that the meeting had been a point of discussion for how businesses in Alhama could benefit from the construction of the park and stressed the determination of his council to press for the creation of local jobs once the work started on the park at the end of January. He was, he said, “happy to see the promise becoming reality. “

Jesús Samper responded that Alhama residents would be given priority when staff were being contracted, providing obviously, that they fit the required profile  and had the necessary skills.  

Meanwhile, Pedro Cruz said that the progress currently being made would,” assure that the scepticism of those  who have not believed in the credibility of the Paramount Park will disappear bit by bit in the face of the developments”.He also highlighted a recent report  about  theme park businesses around the world which “demonstrated  that they are the main means of mass entertainment , with the main theme park businesses in America showing 5% growth , and those in Europe and Asia also showing mainstream leisure growth. “
 

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