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and can not be changed at the whim of political occurrences or private companies
Ecologists in Action shows stunned by the latest reports in about the bidding process of regeneration works Portman Bay, that has over two decades of delays.
The last idea, applauded by the mayor of the Union, Francisco Bernabé, is the joint venture (Joint Venture Company) formed by Acciona and a multinational mining (Aria) extract iron proposed waste of the bay, at cost zero for the Exchequer, but substantially changing the regeneration project of the bay, which had already been agreed by government and social partners in the work of many years, exceeding all environmental and administrative proceedings, and had even been given a budget disappeared with the coming of the new government of Rajoy.
Thus, multinationals speak of exploitation of mineral content in the tailings that flood the bay, which lasted five years, the waterfront setting back almost to the limits that had before they started dumping at the hands of the company Penyarroya now Portman Golf.
Ecologists in Action believes that this new formula for the collection, which includes dredging also much higher than initially expected, represents a substantial change from the original project currently approved regeneration.
The aim is to perform a private mining project, which would be attached a regeneration project of Portman Bay, it is not clear who execute not in charge of what budgets.
Furthermore, not only have to define and evaluate environmentally sterile removal of the extraction process and minerals, but would have to redefine the regeneration project in itself and re-evaluated the environmental and socioeconomic impacts.
Therefore, the announced tender process adds new uncertainties and assumed again delay "sine die" a regeneration that has over two decades of delays and broken promises.
When I finally looked regeneration would be a reality, has become to sow doubt the future of the people of Portman.
In addition, key aspects of the project are unclear.
For example, it seems that may have been overestimated the amount and purity of the mineral space, as is clear from the statements of Mineral professor at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Don José Ignacio Manteca, which was responsible for supervising geologist ore Penyarroya .
This and many other aspects of extractive project should be evaluated before and rigorously, to avoid becoming a project unfinished for lack of real economic viability.
And all this, said Natalia Martin, head of the environmental coasts, when "there is already a previous work, with which, after years of studies and negotiations, we have managed to reach a consensus government social and environmental and social , which already has a positive environmental impact statement and whose works are tendered with the agreed terms, and even grew to budget. "
Martin also noted that "political leaders should measure their applause and cheers for such initiatives as, nor are agreed by all concerned, or seek a benefit to society of the Region of Murcia".
Ecologists in Action, therefore, calls on political leaders to act responsibly, to stop finding new excuses to keep delaying the promise of regeneration, and once they pay off historical debt owed to the town of Portman.
Source: Ecologistas en Acción
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