Pedro Sosa, a spokesman for Izquierda Unida Verdes in the municipality of Lorca, has appeared before the media to clarify the causes of the collapse of the side of a house that happened last Saturday in the Cerro del Calvario Viejo, along with Pedro Franco Lopez, The neighbor of the affected dwelling and that must be demolished.
Sosa has criticized the statements of the councilman of Urbanism, Satur Martinez, according to which the causes of the collapse are unknown and he asserts that they are very clear: ignorance, neglect and forgetfulness on the part of the administration.
The mayor, a good connoisseur of the area, collaborated in the construction of the neighborhood together with his neighbors when he was twelve years old, he claims the collapse of leaks that have occurred on the site, after some works that the City Council ordered for the withdrawal Of a rock behind the house in 2008, which left a large gap that has acted as a lagoon and through which has been percolating the water and the recent remodeling works of the area that is running Ferrrovial and had left The foundations of the affected dwelling in the air.
The left mayor has announced the intention of his group to help this neighbor, who is currently staying in a hotel, until he has a home.
Therefore, through an asset liability claim, the municipality and the company in charge of the works will be responsible for their situation.
Meanwhile, the affected neighbor, Pedro Franco, who bought his home 16 years ago, has reported how his house has been suffering from dampness since the collapse already mentioned, such that, for example, the tiles of the room Bath that arranged after the earthquake, were already up and declares to have no doubt in what have been the recent works in his street, which have been for 40 days "chopping" if they stop, those that have ended by unleashing the collapse of his home.
Source: IU-verdes Lorca