In a public statement issued after the hearing held today before the Environmental Court, Las Salinas, the company in charge of real estate development on 16 hectares in front of Avenida Jorge Montt in Viña del Mar, said it was committed to the comprehensive sanitation of the area.
Valuing the instance as an opportunity to highlight the quality of its work, the real estate arm of Empresas Copec—of the Angelini Group—underlined that its project already has the relevant authorizations from the country’s environmental institutions. This project aims to complete the sanitation of the aforementioned hectares and then begin real estate construction.
During the hearing, “we listened carefully to each presentation and, consequently, we provided in detail all the background information that supports the correct environmental evaluation of the project and the selection of bioremediation as a soil recovery technique, which has broad support.” national and international both for its effectiveness in remediation, as well as for its safety for people and care for the environment,” they noted from Las Salinas.
The real estate company reported that, in addition, as part of the process of selecting the “remediation” technique, dozens of technologies were analyzed, piloting nine of them. After this analysis, it was determined that “bioremediation”, which they claim has been in global application for more than 40 years, was the most appropriate for Las Salinas.
The company expressed its confidence that the scientific and technical information presented before the Environmental Court will allow it to reaffirm the quality of its work. In addition, he reiterated his commitment to comply with the project approved by the Committee of Ministers, with a view to starting sanitation work in the second half of 2024.
Inmobiliaria Las Salinas declared that this project will become a reference for other soil sanitation processes in the country, at a time when – they maintain – “Chile needs to move forward urgently” in this matter.
Finally, the company highlighted its commitment to work seriously and rigorously to reintegrate the land into the development of new opportunities for Viña del Mar, leaving behind its state of pause and contributing to the progress of the city.
In April 2022, in a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court confirmed the rejection of a protection appeal that sought to annul the Environmental Qualification Resolution of the Las Salinas real estate project in Viña del Mar. Among the organizations that requested the suspension was a group of neighbors, led by the Corporation for the Defense of the Historical and Cultural Heritage of Viña del Mar and the Un Parque para Las Salinas movement, who had warned of risks to people’s health during the process of cleaning the place, in addition to urban damage. and road for that area of the coast. The mayor of the Garden City, Macarena Ripamonti (RD), had delivered an ultimatum to the Government not to give in to the request of Empresas Copec, of the Angelini Group. However, after the resolution, the councilor thanked the committee for its decision, which granted greater environmental obligations to the private sector.
Consult the public statement of Las Salinas.