Playa del Carmen city governmente has cancelled the construction permits granted to “Gas Natural del Noroeste SA de CV”, the company that for the last few months was introducing a gas pipeline next to the federal highway. Lili Campos Miranda, city mayor, said that the deadlines for the end of the construction was not met, leaving the streets in disarray.
City officials have been in communications with the company, which has been neglectful of the timeline set for closing the ditches opened in this main road, used by thousands of citizens daily.
“The municipal government has already closed the project and is getting ready to revoke the four licenses that were extended to it during the past administration,” she said in a press conference held monday.
The mayor stated that she knows that people are angry because of the ditches and heavy machinery, which make transit difficult through the highway; therefore, they will not allow the company to advance further in this proyect, and wiill remove the machinery they have left.
Campos says the company has not repaired any of the roads, but only “created damage”, despite the numerous meetings held with both city and federal officials.
She emphasized that “Solidaridad deserve respect, and as a municipality, we are no longer going to give them authorization to continue with the work because the impact is too great.”
The four licenses being revoked, which were granted by Laura Beristain from the previous administration, include “two that had been carried out during work to the Fifth Avenue, in the remodeling, they introduced pipes and left them ready to provide a future service in that area,” Campos said pointing out that the lines of Fifth Avenue are not interconnected with those of the federal highway.
Since the highway falls under the jurisdiction of the federal government, it will be up to Fonatur to repair the damage done.
