Articles from September 2015

Government representative promises to push for multilateral intervention in Carmenes de Mar

At a meeting last Friday between a delegate for Spain's Central Government and representatives of the Carmenes del Mar residents, Santiago Perez Lopez, the government's delegate for the province of Granada, pledged to push for a coordinated initiative between Central Government, the Junta de Andalucia, and Almuñecar Town Hall. Perez Lopez promised to promote further multilateral meetings with representatives from the three administrations (local, regional, and central) with the goal of agreeing a series of interventions to ensure that the urbanisation survives the winter.

Press roundup

A number of newspapers, both online and print versions, have published in recent days articles about the current status of Carmenes del Mar. The latest coverage focuses on renewed calls by the residents of Carmenes del Mar to Spain's central government and the Junta de Andalucia, to take on the repair works (medidas cautelares) ordered by the judge earlier this year. The judge found the defendants responsible for the damage to the urbanisations, and ordered them to carry out precautionary measures to repair and make safe the houses, roads, and services infrastructure. The defendants, now declaring bankruptcy, have not complied with the court order.

Below is a selection of links to the online articles:

Granada Hoy: Los afectados de Cármenes del Mar, preocupados por las lluvias
Ideal: Vecinos de los 'Cármenes del Mar' piden "medidas cautelares" para que sus casas no se derrumben
El Independiente

Radio interview on Canal Sur's "Granada Hora Sur"

On September 14th Ignacio Martin, a resident of Carmenes del Mar and spokesperson for the communities was invited to appear on Canal Sur radio's Granada Hora Sur program. In the interview Ignacio tells how once more the neighbours of Carmenes del Mar have reached out to both Central Government and the Junta de Andalucia, to ask that they step in and carry out the repair works ordered by the judge in the case against those responsible for the building defects in Carmenes del Mar. The medidas cautelares (precautionary measures) ordered by the judge before the summer compel the defendants to carry out the necessary repair works to prevent further damage to houses and infrastructure, but the defendants, claiming bankruptcy, have not complied with the order.

Listen to the 5 minute interview on the Canal Sur website by selecting September 14th on the calendar. The interview starts at 38 ...

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