In the IM they believe that the project of the Belgian company would modify in an “irreversible” way the physiognomy of the city.
He Ministry of Environment of the Municipality of Montevideo published a document in which it rejects the project of the company Katoen Natie because it would imply a substantial change in the public space and landscape of the port of the capital of the country, especially, the Sarandí breakwater.
The document establishes that the Municipality of Montevideo “is forced to reject the project of Katoen Natie as it is presented” for “not having the necessary reports and studies”. requirement that was asked of the Belgian company.
In this same sense, it establishes that the IM presented “objections and questions about the impacts on the urban and coastal environment, in environmental aspects and in the mobility of a central area of the city”, after a detailed study by a multidisciplinary team of technicians from the mayor’s office where legal and territorial ordering, the actions of public institutions and the about coastal areas, sustainable development, the care of the environment and the historical-cultural heritage.
On the patrimonial side, the decree of the then Uruguayan president was recalled, Julio Maria Sanguinetti, when in 1986 he declared the boulevard of Montevideo, including the Sarandí breakwater, as historical and cultural heritage. “This project would generate a wall of more than two meters on the breakwater that would irreversibly affect that heritage visual”, detail the IM document along with a render to account for the impact of the project.
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In addition to this, the company was asked for a contingency plan related to the transit and the effects that it will have if the project is carried out. Also playing an important role in the decision was the lack of information regarding the environmental impactwhich from the IM believe will affect the beach areas.
Source: Ambito
