translated from Spanish: City of Morelia forced to repair affectations in vehicles by potholes

Morelia, Michoacan.-insurance against damages to private vehicles, caused by potholes that are practically in the entire city of Morelia, granted to the citizens the right to receive compensation by City Hall, which can range from the 2 thousand up to 500 pesos.
According to sources from the city of Morelia, the affected citizens may receive cash up to 2 thousand pesos which are delivered in cajas municipales; If the damage is greater than that amount, the cost of the repair runs by the liability policy, which the municipal government hired since last year.
While any person may request the policy giving the requirements requested – photograph at the time of the damage, the price of a mechanic and the documentation that accredits the property – is the same city Council who decides whether or not to pay the damage and the amount that will be affected.
What few people know is that, if the City Council does not want to be responsible, concerned citizen can lift a demand by civil liability. The office evaluates the Affectations, after forcing the authorities to repair the damage. The reasons for transit exposed by the citizen must be sufficient to claim in criminal proceedings, since the municipality is obliged to provide roads in good condition.

In short, the Morelia have the possibility of access to the private law and not to devote himself exclusively to the public right.
The large number of potholes that increase during the rainy season, leaves in addition to the complaints of the inhabitants of Morelia, large quantities of damaged cars. Only until the month of June this year, 42 people petitioned the municipal Government make valid damage insurance, while last year were 217.
Yesterday the Mayor of Morelia, Alfonso Martínez Alcázar, said that in the coming days will continue with the campaign of potholes in the city, but complaints are in such quantity that it seems difficult to leave the streets sound in just 15 days that remaining to the Administration current n.

Original source in Spanish