The structures cover the already established stalls and have an extension of six by eleven meters.
Two terraces have already been installed in the commercial area of San Juan Cosalá’s boardwalk.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía (Jocotepec).- The Government of Jocotepec authorized the installation of terraces in the commercial area of the boardwalk of the San Juan Cosalá delegation.
According to local vendors, the original project proposed by the city council included «traditional» tile terraces for each one of the stores in order to homogenize the image of the establishments; however, the vendors were opposed.
The structures would have had a cost of 80,000 pesos (approximately US$4,000 or CDN$5,000), but after the merchants refused to pay that amount, the government opted to allow them to build their own terrace. «After some meetings where we refused the original project, they allowed us to make our own terraces, the only condition was that whoever had the money should start,» explained one of the merchants consulted, who preferred to remain anonymous.
The merchants are optimistic about the arrival of Holy Week, and the flow of visitors and cash that it brings with it, to assist in financing the construction of the new premises. «We have been building since last year when we started, we have been going along as we go along, little by little, as we can, we have even gone into debt, borrowing, whatever we can get, but we want to open it for Easter,» said the anonymous merchant.
Although the merchant did not specify the cost of the work, he said that the wood and the metallic structure of the platform, which will be approximately six meters wide and eleven meters long, represented a major investment, but one they hope to recover since the platform will have a capacity of 15 tables for four merchants on the upper floor.
Semanario Laguna tried to confirm this information through Jocotepec’s social communication department; however, the agency did not comment on the matter.
Translated by MaryAnne Marble
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