José Manuel Bermúdez, the mayor of Santa Cruz, expressed yesterday that the capital is now more equipped to tackle the consequences of flooding, akin to those events that affected the city in 2002 and 2014, although he noted, “we are not entirely prepared, particularly since we can never predict what may occur.”
In this context, he reminded everyone that following the landslide that struck the municipality a decade ago, which resulted in one fatality, “the City Council allocated approximately 20 million euros for projects aimed at the collection of rainwater, including areas such as Venezuela Avenue, the Febles Campos region, the mouth of the San Andrés ravine, the Tío Pino ravine, and the María Jiménez riverbed.”
Additionally, he highlighted that “projects were executed in La Gallega, Acorán, and Santa María del Mar, although there are still some pending tasks, particularly that of the upper regent in San Andrés, which I anticipate will be sanctioned before the year’s end. Nevertheless, the most significant trouble spots in the municipality are addressed.”
The councillor mentioned that “the El Cabo bridge is of the utmost concern, as to widen the mouth of the ravine to accommodate a 500-year flood, Ni Fu Ni Fa street will need to be demolished. Despite this, we are still working in Valleseco, improving the river water collection system, and soon in Barrio Nuevo and the San Andrés mountain.”
