New development does not have any type of permit
Although urban development reported only three trees felled, ecology reported the loss of more than 60 native trees. Photo: Courtesy.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía: The new development being built on El Limón hill, in San Juan Cosalá, a delegation that makes up the municipality of Jocotepec, does not have any type of permit issued.
According to José de Jesús Gaytán Cuevas, director of urban development in Jocotepec, the project, which is intended to be a new subdivision by a construction company named TAC, does not have a permit from said agency either.
«They have not presented themselves to our office, so the work has been stopped,» commented the director of urban development, who added that the construction company has taken the documents for review.
He said that the construction company will not be sanctioned and does not appear to deserve punishment, despite the fact that they had previously begun to build without any type of permit.
«No, they do not deserve any type of fine from us, they have already delivered their documentation and although they cannot work right now, we are already in review to determine the corresponding rulings,» he explained.
However, despite previous assurances by Jocotepec director of ecology Daniel Garabito that the construction company was deserving of fines for the felling of approximately 60 Palo Dulce native trees, Gaytán said that urban development only received reports of three trees cut down.
The private company has not responded to the summons to clarify what happened before ecology. However, according to Garabito, they are still waiting to reach some kind of agreement in which, at a minimum, reforestation work will be done.
So far, under the watchful gaze of the population, the next subdivision continues to go unpunished.
Translated by Kerry Watson
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