The senator and Frente Amplio candidate referred to the authorization of the La Juanita hotel and stated that “it is far from being an isolated case.”
The exceptions for real estate developments in Maldonado are in the center of the scene, after the presidential candidate for the Wide Front (FA), Mario Bergara, will ensure that there are “founded doubts and pending answers” about the authorizations of the local Municipality.
Bergara focused mainly on the permits granted for the construction of a country hotel in Juanita, by ensuring that “it is far from being an isolated case”, slipping that it is a common practice of the government headed by the mayor Enrique Antía.
The Frente Amplista candidate insisted on “calling the attention of the camera and the Parliament” regarding authorizations, about which he said that there are “too many pending answers and clearly founded doubts.”
When giving a specific opinion on the exceptions granted to the Argentine businessman Diego Filkenstein in La Juanita, considered that “it is far from being an isolated case” and, in statements at the exit of the Senate which La Diaria reproduced, pointed out: “It is part of a set of decisions of the government of Maldonado that require to be analyzed, reviewed and substantiated with the greatest responsibility.”
Regarding the establishment, of more than 3,300 square meters and projected within the coastal defense strip, Bergara noted that he awaits “expectantly” the decision of the Ministry of Environment, after the proposals presented by the neighbors.
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The environmental consequences and the lack of demands
At times when strong questions from experts also arose about the real estate project in Punta Ballena, that would cause irreversible changes and destruction of biodiversity in the area, Bergara assured that the defense strip exists with the objective of avoiding changes to its configuration and structure and preserving “the vulnerable components of the coastal space.”
Along these lines, the senator called to listen to those sectors that claim that the initiative “is not viable” and highlighted the lack of studies that support constructions in this type of areas.
Regarding the regime of exceptions to real estate that the government that leads Antía, Bergara noted: “The exception benefits only the owner, but the environmental impacts of construction and the effects of rising sea levels compromise us all.”
“What will we do as a society? Will we claim State Or will the owners pay for them with the profits generated by the exception?” asked the FA candidate.
Source: Ambito
