He Ministry of Environment (MA) decided to extend for 10 days the technical report for the construction of 29 buildings in Punta Ballena (Maldonado).
The government portfolio opted for this measure after receiving more than 4,000 signatures from environmental organizations and local residents, who asked to postpone the bulletin in question.
The holder of the MA, Robert Bouvierpointed out yesterday at a press conference that the signatories requested “an extension of the disclosure period”, so they agreed to give the maximum period, which is 10 more business days.
“Also consider that to date we have 9,000 queries or considerations collected through our website, which warrants us having an extension of the deadline,” said the minister.
Likewise, the member of the Colorado Party (PC) He assured that he requested a meeting with the Mayor of Maldonado, Enrique Antíaas well as with the Fernandino deputies and the Maldonado Departmental Board.
Bouvier explained that once all the considerations have been analyzed, the MA will call a public hearing so that the private parties carrying out the initiative to build can explain the project on the lands of the heir family of Antonio Lussich, which were returned to them after the dictatorship took them away.
The Municipality of Maldonado views the complex project in Punta Ballena with suspicion
For his part, the mayor Antía He assured in recent days that he will “defend” Punta Ballena from the potential construction of this building complex with 320 apartments.
“We have some ideas about it,” he said then. Antíaadding 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.”
“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.”
Source: Ambito
