The department head assured this Thursday at a press conference that since the Departmental Mayor of Maldonado (IDM) “They are clear” about everything that is happening in the spa with the new real estate project and “they want to defend it.”
“We have some ideas about it,” he said. Antíaand added that “it is clear that this was signed in the government of the Broad Front (FA) and they had authorized 37 buildings, not 29 as they appear now, we don’t know why, because the mayor’s office has no information.”
The leader of the National Party (PN)pointed out that there is “no file” in the departmental administration regarding the real estate project, nor “anything presented.”
The initiative aroused the rejection of the residents of the area, who have already collected thousands of signatures through the Change platform seeking to express their displeasure with the construction plan.
“29 buildings are a lot”
“We believe that 29 (buildings) are too many,” he commented. Antíawho stated that “we should protect the tip of Punta Ballena to the death so that there is nothing there, even.”
Asked about how they are going to defend the project, the leader expressed that they will inform the national government about the idea that the mayor has, and then they will communicate it publicly.
Antía recognized that the departmental government has not yet met with the authors of the project or with the Ministry of Environment (MA).
“The Municipality at one point complied with the court ruling, many years ago, but we are clear that the decision passes through the Environment,” he explained. The PN politician stressed that although there is a right to private property on the part of the promoters, there is also the right of the neighbors and Maldonado to defend their natural heritage.
Source: Ambito
