The Plaza de La Merced in Cartagena will look renovated and with more pedestrian spaces in February

Two workers work on the renovation of the Plaza de La Merced, in a photo taken yesterday from Don Roque street. / ANTONIO GIL / AGM

The City Council invests 347,000 euros in a plan that cuts traffic on two of the four sides and includes children’s and sports areas and more shade

The days of the degraded and aged image of the Plaza de La Merced are numbered. The long-awaited reform works, which the residents of the old town have been claiming for several years, began yesterday. Over three months, and with an investment of more than 347,000 euros, this space will be modernized. The cobbled and pedestrian area