translated from Spanish: Ñuñoa neighbors oppose real estate project and make plebiscite

through a public statement, the President of the Board of residents of the Olympic village in Ñuñoa, Tusnelda Urra, it called on the community to participate in l discussion on the communal N ° 18 of the regulatory plan amendment. According to the landowner a neighborhood rejection there “to damage the territorial integrity” before eventually shopping malls project headed by the Saieh group. It’s a real estate project was proposed where 16 mitigations for a mega shopping complex. It urra, converse with AgenciaUno, and expressed concern over this initiative, arguing “essential to preserve the urban characteristics of the neighborhood”. “The opening of the Salvador South Street, represents a clear prejudice against this purpose. We will defend the Declaration of typical area, and those involved in the law 17.888 on national monuments, which must not be exceeded by General Regulations”, said the local authority. “We have five points of voting here in the Olympic village. We are today Saturday, tomorrow, Sunday and Monday from 10:00 am to 21:00 hrs residents voice their opinion and the authorities respect our decision”. Urra said. In addition, it Urra, I invite the community to participate in a demonstration to show field the discontent of residents of Ñuñoa. “We want to invite people to this next Tuesday 12 a demonstration where we will express our rejection to this initiative. The authorities must understand that this is a typical area and is respected. “This project aims to demolish the only park that our kids have to play”, added the neighborhood leader. The Saieh Group prepares one of his most ambitious projects in portfolio: the “Mall live Santiago” complex who attempted to a shopping mall, supermarkets, hotel, as well as office buildings and apartments in the commune of Ñuñoa. Despite the fierce opposition of the residents of the commune, the company Vivocorp, complete a key step to obtain environmental approval for the phase of demolition and excavation in the passage of 21.330 m2 where placed, located between avenues Carlos Dittborn and vicuña Mackenna, home of the former offices of Copesa. With this path, Vivocorp, already tune details to meet another key requirement of the project. The impact study on the system of urban transportation (EISTU). For this reason, within the initiatives adopted by the Regional Ministerial Secretariat for transport and telecommunications (SEREMITT), stands out a plan of re physical design of the surrounding crosses to the project, which inter alia, considers access to levels of parking lots from Carlos Dittborn, as a way to download the use of vicuña Mackenna as a means of entry and exit of vehicular flow from the Mall. From Vivocorp, they ensure that the presentation of the second declaration of environmental impact (DIA) which deals with regard to the complex, will be presented the second half of this year 2019. Approval will work fully in the project that initially was expected to operate in 2022, but bureaucratic difficulties presented.

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