Given the threats of protest by thousands of inhabitants of the former banana fields of El Progreso who denounced the slowness in repairing the boards, the Secretariat of Infrastructure and Transportation (SIT) began work on the left bank of the Ulúa River.
THE PREMIUM PRESS He heard from the board leaders the previous week that in meetings they had agreed to take over the La Democracia bridge in El Progreso, because eight months ago they had been promised the closure of the gap and construction of the bridge and they had no answers.
“ More than 60 million lempiras will be invested in the projects that are already being carried out. “
Haylin Suárez, regional director of the SIT
The concern of the residents of the former camps of El Progreso are the recent forecasts of the Secretariat of Risk and Contingency Management (Copeco) of 23 tropical storms, of which 11 could become hurricanes.
Faced with the vulnerability, the board leaders showed LA Premium PRESS the most affected sectors in Amapa and Urraco, where if there were floods in the Ulúa, due to the openings in the banks, they would flood them.
Jobs
Machinery contracted by the SIT The lifting and relocation of banks began, as well as the closure of gaps in relief channels.
Haylin Suárez, regional directorate of the SIT, indicated that one of the projects that the residents of the former El Progreso camps requested was Zolutepe, in Urraco, which has five works.
He stated that the work has already begun with the removal of the board, breakwater that will be worked four meters under water, as well as the coating of the board because the Ulúa has impacted that part of Urraco.
The official indicated that the project costs 28 million lempiras, money with which other gap closures could have been made, but it is a request that needed to be fulfilled.
Another of the complicated points is Amapa, where there are gap closures and board elevations that had been pending since last year with an investment value of 7 million. Suárez pointed out that in other sectors such as villages 28 and 29 in the La Perdiz sector, there are small projects where work is being done, such as in the community of La Miller in El Progreso. The SIT affirms that the gaps in Monterrey, Choloma will be closed.
“ With the gaps closed we are supporting with material and access to properties. “
Carlos Alberto Alemán, resident of Amapa
In the Limones area of La Lima they also began raising the edge and will repair the right and left banks of the edge of the Marimba-Campín canal, as well as in San Juan Viejo.
For the Mayan Canal they have a project for 2025; With IDB funds, they will complete the channeling or dredging and raising of the 11 kilometers of shore. The project would cost $20 million and would begin in February of next year.
Reaction
Carlos Alberto Alemán, a resident of Amapa, said that as the owner of a property near a hole, they gave permission to uproot palm trees and provided material to cover the hole through which the water Eta and Iota flooded them.
He stated that they are willing to support the work to be completed in Amapa, which has been one of the communities hardest hit by the floods.
Other work is also carried out in the Choloma area.
