What happened?
Due to the sinkholes that affect some buildings in the Cochoa sector, in Viña del Mar, an important meeting will take place this Thursday, quoted by the mayor of Viña del Mar, Macarena Ripamonti and which was visited Carabineros, Sernageomin, presidential delegation, Senapred and residents of this sector.
A meeting that is considered transcendental for the future of the structures built in this area, where two sinkholes have given rise to four buildings evacuated and keep it its habitability is doubtful.
What did Mayor Ripamonti say?
One of the first to arrive was the mayor of Viña del Mar, Macarena Ripamonti, who noted: “We will have a work table where we will act as a kind of hinge, a connecting bridge between public institutions and neighbors.“.
Mayor Ripamonti clarified: “There is a scenario of great uncertainty about what will happen to the certainties regarding habitability How long will this last, how long will security be maintained in relation to the perimeters that are part of the security perimeter, what works is the Ministry of Public Works carrying out, why has the infrastructure collapsed, in short?
“All these questions, which are public today, must be answered by the neighbors through the word and voice of the public services, which is why we called them today,” he added.
“Give the neighbors a solution”
On the topics to be discussed at the meeting, he noted: “We will implement a reminder process so that everyone can manage the same information“.
In addition, he clarified that some of the people invited to this meeting They will identify the technical problems in order to offer solutions to the neighbors.
“We have convened the regional delegation, which is basically the one that coordinates all public services. We called the tax office, the Seremi del Trabajo for the problems of neighbors, Sernageomin, the Ministry of Public Works and the Directorate of Hydraulic Engineering.” he added.
Finally, he excluded the involvement of the Director of Municipal Works and referred to the decree on the uninhabitability of this sector, pointing out that ““It would have to arrive, we did a redo because we asked for it more than seven days, eight days ago and we still haven’t received any answers from the director of municipal works.”.
