Our fifth report to Property Maintenance
Today was our fifth visit to the Property Maintenance Department to raise the danger posed by the ruined properties on Avenida de Elche, including numbers 46 and 49. The answer is always the same: ‘THERE IS NO MONEY’, ‘WE KNOW NOTHING MORE’. Over several years we have submitted thousands of written requests. The Síndic de Greuges urged the council to act. Despite a formal declaration that the buildings are in ruins because of the extreme risk to life and other alarming reports, nothing has changed. Dangerous objects are about to fall from crumbling façades, carcinogenic asbestos debris has accumulated where people walk every day, and still there is no decisive action. Why do they not act? They say they issue a penalty to enforce compliance from time to time, but at an unusually slow pace, and tell us nothing more despite their legal duty to keep us informed. How can they show such disregard? The mayor should put his foot down and make those responsible act. If tragedy strikes, people will have to answer for it, but it will be too late for the victims.
