Although the project was presented to residents as an already analyzed proposal to be carried out in a single six-month stage, the plan has been changed
Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel, mayor of Chapala. Photo: Archive. Jazmín Stengel.
Jazmín Stengel.- The drainage project for Riberas del Pilar, presented by the Chapala municipal government on April 5 of this year, is undergoing modifications, said Mayor Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel in an interview.
Although the project was presented to residents as an already analyzed proposal to be carried out in a single six-month stage, the plan has changed. Aguirre Curiel said that the work will be carried out in stages, without specifying how many. The project began on May 4 in the main area and will continue in the commercial area of Riberas del Pilar, but still without a date.
During the April 5 presentation, the President said «first the treatment plant has to be budgeted» for which negotiations are already underway with a private company; a cost of 68 million pesos was announced for the entire project. This included drainage lines, a modular treatment plant, and a connector between the two.
The neighbors were asked to raise 34 million pesos, half of the 68 million pesos that the work will cost. Despite having set a maximum deadline of one and a half months, this was not achieved because many of the residents continued to ignore the invitation.
In order to begin the work, the government must collect 25 percent of the total cost from the neighbors, 17 million pesos. Chapala government representatives said during the presentation that they had the other 34 million pesos, including funds for the biological treatment plant, the land where it will be installed and for the labor to carry out the project.
The contributions of the residents are being collected at SIMAPA’s offices and the amount to be paid by each homeowner is evaluated according to the size of each property. Each homeowner must contribute 70 pesos per square meter of land and 100 pesos for businesses.
The executive plan of the project is available to the general public at the facilities of the Municipal Potable Water and Sewer System (SIMAPA),at Juárez 573, Colonia Centro, in Chapala .
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
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