translated from Spanish: Neighbors of Peñalolén on the foot of war against Megaproject real estate Hijuelas Quilín are mobilized this Saturday

This Saturday, to count of the 11 hours, neighbors of Peñalolén Who oppose the construction of the real estate project Hijuelas Quilín, will again go to the street to express their rejection of this initiative that aims to raise 24 towers of apartments up to 15 floors in an area that currently – as denounced-is already Saturated.
This new march, which will leave from Quilín Norte, joins other actions of this group citizen, that this Tuesday May 14 go to the Committee on the Environment of the Chamber of Deputies to present their qualms against this project that will affect their quality of life.
In the opportunity, the neighbors and the neighbor spokesman of Hijuelas de Quilín, Francisco Correa, will be received by the parliamentarians, in a hearing where it is also invited to the Regional Director of the Environmental Assessment Service, Metropolitan Region, Andelka Vrsalovic Melo.
In particular, the Universa real Estate project considers the construction of 2368 apartments, 4000 parking lots for automobiles and 2000 for bicycles, as well as a strip center of 22 commercial premises.
“For a commune with limited access roads, where the times of travel in rush hour can reach fold those registered in the Valley Schedule, an initiative of this type will only worsen the traffic and the quality of life of the neighbors,” says Francisco Belt.
Demand Citizen participation
The project was presented in process through a declaration of environmental impact and not an environmental impact study, under the argument of the alleged lack of impacts on the environment.
However, the residents require the environmental assessment service to reverse their initial decision and to enact a process of citizen participation as part of the initiative’s environmental procedure, a point that they will emphasize in the exposure they will make to the Deputies.
“We are not against development or that more people come to live in our commune. What annoys us is that they try to carry out projects that do not clearly measure the impacts that will have on the commune, that violate the spirit of the current regulatory plan of the commune and that evidence a disinterest for the common good and an integral development for Peñalolén ” , Correa finished.

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