Sunday, November 16, 2008

The illegal gas tanks

Along with the investigation into the re-classification of green land to build industrial units, the Guardia Civil are also examining evidence in relation to other city planning irregularities in Bigastro e.g. the gas tanks that are located in area where the new houses are being built.

The two propane tanks in sector D-6 were constructed with out a license and without the authority to reclassify the land. The 49,500 litre tanks are located on a 1,170 square metre plot in the area which is denominated "garden JL-5" which was meant to be a public green space.

A license was asked at the time but was denied. When the issue was put to the vote in Council it was passed with the approval of the eight PSOE councillors. The company that installed the tanks paid the council 430,000€ for an agreement which gave them 50 years use of the land to store propane along with permission to build a network of distribution to the houses.

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