The promoter of Cuna del Alma has described it as “disproportionate” the total stoppage of the works. As argued today Saturday in a statement, the company that plans a large residential complex in the Puertito de Adeje, the decision of the Government of the Canary Islands of precautionary suspension due to the presence of a protected species lacks the slightest criterion of weighting and proportion.
“The specimens found of sad viborina they only affect 10% of said works”, assures the promoter who has announced the presentation of allegations regarding this resolution decreed by the General Directorate for the Fight against Climate Change.
For all these reasons, the promoter alleges the “inconsistency” between the paralysis decreed and preceding actions in identical cases, “permissive with the continuation of the works and the adoption of non-suspensive corrective measures”, these alternatives being admitted by the qualified environmental bodies and by the General Directorate for the Fight against Climate Change itself in other similar situations where They looked for alternative options.
In the statement, the company states that in the construction project of the Montaña Reverón WWTP, in Arona, “not only was the continuation of these works allowed, but the transfer of seeds for germination and subsequent repopulation“. “Also in the Environmental Impact Report carried out by the Secretary of State for the Environment on the work of Sanitation and purification of the Territorial system of the West (tm Guía de Isora and Santiago del Teide), it is indicated that in the presence of said species, its preservation is required during the works, but without implying, therefore, neither the suspension of the works nor the unfavorability of the approval of the project”, it adds.
The promoter of Cuna del Alma recalls that “the environmental impact assessment of the Punctual Modification of the PGO of Guía de Isora contemplates the presence of the sad viborina and the collection of seeds and their subsequent restitution is agreed” and adds that “the Ecological Impact Statementapproved by Cotmac for the construction project of a bypass on the section of the Santiago del Teide-Guía de Isora-Adeje highway, contemplates that corrective measures must be adopted, at the level of recommendations, in the presence of the sad snake, but in In no case is the suspension of the works imposed”.
In addition, it insists that the urbanization works of the Cuna del Alma project are public works of municipal ownership, like these cited examples that are also public. In this sense, the promoter indicates in her allegations the existence of suitable alternatives for the conservation of the species without having to suspend works such as, for example, the translocation of seeds. It is also considered that the supposed need to “inventory” the viper specimens existing in an area is not an excuse or foundation for the stoppage of the works until said inventory is carried out.
The allegations also indicate the “seriousness of the damages” derived from the actions of the General Directorate for the Fight against Climate Change that affect the municipality and the Island, such as the stoppage of hydraulic and road works that they were planned; the economic damages derived from this stoppage; and the risk of loss of investment legal security.
New announcement from the General Directorate of Heritage
On the other hand, before the new announcement of ‘definitive suspension of works‘ carried out by the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of the Government of Canary Islands, the promoter confirms that it has not yet received the official notification. It also indicates that once they are officially informed, it will be analyzed by the legal services in order to make the appropriate allegations and study the possible legal actions to be taken in defense of the rights acquired during these years and that are being violated in a way systematic.
Yesterday a new resolution of the regional government was made public in which lThe General Directorate of Cultural Heritage orders the total suspension of the works of the Cuna del Alma project, in El Puertito de Adeje“given the recent findings of new rock manifestations” and the completion of the precautionary measures adopted by the Council of Tenerife. It argues article 59.2 of the Law of Cultural Heritage of Canary Islands and establishes “new precautionary measures for a period of six months.”
