the controversial iders building of Cross port will be demolished. The Porto City Council This was confirmed at a meeting held this Tuesday, June 21, with the owners of this property “in imminent ruin” that, for 31 years, has become an embarrassment for the tourist city. The Councilor for Sustainable City and Urban Planning, David Hernandez (ACP)has also assured EL DÍA that after the approval of the decree of ruin «The only future of the Iders is demolition and there is no going back».
David Hernandez explains that since he came to the government in June 2019 they began to analyze “the large number of unfinished files on the Iders that accumulated in the City Council”, to end up deciding, in March 2022, that the only solution was to start over . «Retaking those unfinished files posed more complications than starting a new one and, for this reason, the municipal technicians were entrusted with a new report that this month concluded with the approval of the decree of imminent ruin. For whom there is no turning back.”
The local government (PSOE-ACP), led by the socialist Mark Gonzalezhas made the decision not to continue waiting for the second edition of the Modernization and Improvement Plan (PMM), “because that would slow everything down again.” Politicians and technicians have come to the conclusion that there is no other alternative than to demolish, “which basically is what would happen, whatever path was followed,” says Hernández.
The Porto City Hall is already working on the next eviction and walling up of the property
The area of urban planning Porto City Council won’t wait for him either Urban Development Consortium for the Tourist Rehabilitation of the city. The process will be carried out from the municipal administration and “everything is ready to continue taking each of the necessary steps.”
The owners summoned to the Tuesday afternoon meeting at City Hall were informed of this decision and the details and responsibilities of each of the parties. the first thing you will do from now on the Consistory is to start the notification process of the declaration of imminent ruin, which is “the fastest solution to this problem, which has lasted more than 30 years”, according to the mayor of Sustainable City. If someone resorts to the courts, the process will be delayed, although Hernández is confident that “this solution is in everyone’s interest.”
It is the fastest solution, but it will not be fast. The administrative procedure has its deadlines and demolishing the Iders is a big job, which requires a project and numerous authorizations. While the end of the Iders is finalized, from the municipality it is recognized that they are working on the next eviction and walling up of the property, where only a small group of squatters remain. They are around a dozen people who live among rats, insects and garbage; no water or electricity; in a building that is falling apart, and in conditions of absolute unhealthiness and insecurity.
Neighbors and businessmen from the surroundings of the iders building They will protest next Tuesday the 28th against the situation they have suffered for many years due to the accumulation of garbage, the presence of rats and insects, the illegal occupation, the fires, the incidents and the scandals that occur day and night.
