Turcón asks the Mayor of Telde to immediately stop work on the Tara Aqueduct
Turcón's complaint about the Tara Aqueduct is confirmed before the intervention of the Prosecutor's Office that charges proceedings against the planning of the territory
Upon receipt of the documentation sent by the Public Prosecutor's Office, Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Las Palmas, this Ecological Association has informed the Mayor and his Urban Planning Councilor of the Procedural Decree on pre-procedural proceedings, where a "CRIME AGAINST THE TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION" is manifested, as well as A CRIME AGAINST THE HISTORICAL HERITAGE in accordance with the articles of the penal code, with the entity being presumably responsible for them. mercantile Unión Cárnica Europea SL, as well as its owner, Héctor Daniel Rosa and his legal representative, José Luis Mena Santana", as a result of the complaints made by Turcón-EeA in the La Herradura-Tara Estate, which seriously affected the historic aqueduct (according to the FEDAC letter) from the 18th century, therefore, the oldest in Telde.
In the investigation carried out by the Provincial Prosecutor's Office, the reports from SEPRONA, the Canarian Agency for the Protection of the Natural Environment, the Cabildo of Gran Canaria and the Telde City Council converge, where they are detected about 39 urban actions of reform, construction, installation, works, fencing, in areas categorized as Hydrological Protection Rustic Land, S.R.P. Agrarian, SRP. Landscape and Infrastructure SRP, according to the Prosecutor's Office brief.
Furthermore, this Collective adds the Cultural Protection according to the current PGO, since the aqueduct is designated and marked as a cultural asset.
The background of these urban planning actions that according to the Prosecutor's Office have constituted an alleged “CRIME AGAINST TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT and a CRIME AGAINST HISTORICAL HERITAGE”, They began with a request from the interested party, through the procedure of “Prior Communication of Works, under the title of Project: “PLOT CONDITIONING, etc.”
Once done the numerous complaints from neighbors and this association, the Telde Urban Planning Department, on February 13, 2024, opened a file for RESTORATION OF URBAN LEGALITY when detecting irregularities committed by the company.
Surprisingly, the same Urban Planning Department proceeds to declare the EXPIRATION OF THE PROCEDURE dated December 2024, without any action by the Telde City Council having been detected (Historical Heritage, Urban Planning, etc.) to safeguard the infringed urban planning legality, passivity in the face of an infringement detected and maintained over the course of days without the use of the means to stop the offending event is not understood.
In the communication made to the mayor's office and Urban Planning Department of the M.I. Telde City Council requires the Opening of the appropriate administrative file, IN ORDER TO PARALYZE THE URBAN PLANNING ACTIONS CARRIED OUT, in addition to the opening of the perimeter fences that close the surrounding rural roads and prevent the passage of the residents of Tara, hikers, runners, etc. A mandatory action to prevent new punishable acts for the heritage and the territory is appropriate.
