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The creation of an urban park in the monumental complex of the Seven Fountains continues without a definite term, but a previous study indicates that the negotiation with the owners or the acquisition of lands by expropriation are the two paths to consume the valence because there promised
The preliminary urban study on the creation of the urban park of Sete Fontes, complex of catchment of water and water supply built in the middle of Eighteenth century, indicates the need to mitigate the effects of the surrounding road network, territory with the Braga Hospital and the University of Minho, two of the surrounding areas that can serve as "gates". entry "to the reformulated green zone.
For the project to be carried out, the study coordinated by the urban planner Jorge Carvalho of the University of Aveiro and voted in favor of the municipal executive meeting on Monday indicates that the municipality should acquire an area of 12.4 hectares, nine plots belonging to eight owners. This acquisition can take place with "agreements for future urban operations, to develop in partnership, with transfer of these parcels", indicates the document, or with "the immediate purchase" of each square meter for 10 euros, this which represents a sum of 1.24 million euros.
"The mayor has two ways in terms of interaction with the owners: one, the friendly negotiation of land acquisition.We have a second, more litigious way to materialize by the expropriation of these lands, "said Mayor Ricardo Rio after the meeting. The mayor, elected by the PSD / CDS-PP coalition, said that the expropriation would even guarantee the immediate possession of the land to the municipality, but this could result in more costs since the litigation associated with the process focuses on the amounts involved. to pay to the owners. "It's an entropy in a process that we want the most expeditious and the most transparent," he added.
Rio also considered that, not only the urban study but also the previous backup backup interventions in the PDM in force in October 2015, Braga is closer "to the realization of the park" face there is two years. Since it only needs a "minimalist intervention", the valence could even be available to the public in 2020, when the revision of the current PDM was completed, added the mayor
The Socialists criticize the lack of public debate
The preliminary urban planning study of the Seven Fountains requires a public debate in which the means for the room to acquire the land necessary for the creation of ecotourism of Seven Fountains, as well as the implication of "
" C is a new-riquisme approach to call the equation a set of technicians who make a study without any contact with the owners , with the technicians of the room, with the camera, and owners, defended one of the socialist advisers, Artur Feio. the population, "he said.The official recalled that the SP, party of power in Braga between 1976 and 2013, under the leadership of Mesquita Machado, had submitted by 2013 a detailed plan for the site , discussed publicly, which had involved all the owners.With the expropriation on the horizon, Artur Feio worries that this process will lead to a legal-administrative battle that he believes could even prevent the Opening of the park until 2021, year of the end of the current municipal term.
Communist Councilor Carlos Almeida, welcomed the desire of the municipality to recover the territory of Sete Fontes in the public domain despite the fact that it is difficult at this time to negotiate with the owners and that the expropriation seems the most obvious. "We hope that there will be an agreement, that the right price will be paid for the land and that the owners realize the contribution that they can bring to the community, "he said.
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