Mayor Francisco Azcué, together with the team from the Secretariat of Urban Development, toured the works being carried out by the Municipality of Concordia. These are cleaning and maintenance actions for storm drains.
The works are being executed at the intersection of Alvear and Zorraquín streets, at the mouth of the Concordia stream.
In this regard, Azcué detailed that “these are works that we are carrying out in different parts of the city, including some reservoirs, such as at Route 4 and Federación or at Concejal Veiga and Moulins,” adding that they involve different actions. “Some have to do with drainage, with cleaning; they are structural works where maintenance must be performed for the system to function.”
TAKING CARE TOGETHER
At that point, the Mayor explained that the site “has gone many years without maintenance, and sediments and waste have been accumulating,” highlighting the inconveniences this generates “when we are affected by significant rainfall because the storm drainage system becomes saturated.”
In that context, Azcué pointed out that this causes “many neighborhoods to end up flooded, so investment, works, and labor are required here, but there is also a commitment from the residents, whom we are talking to, that we must take care and be responsible, in this case with waste, because a large part of the problem here comes from the fact that it has been dumped for many years.”
OWN RESOURCES
Finally, the Mayor of Concordia highlighted that the works “are being done with municipal resources; we are pouring them into these works, which are important and are what the residents ask of us. For things to work well, we are here working with our engineers, with municipal personnel, and with companies, since some specific jobs are outsourced.”
In that sense, he noted that “everyone has to do their part: we as a municipality, to do these works, and the residents to take care and be responsible by complying with putting out waste at the established time and taking it to the corresponding place. These are minimum guidelines that we must respect.”
Azcué announced that throughout this year, these public policies will continue, which can be developed thanks to the fact that during 2024 “we managed to lower spending on many issues that were not priorities for us; we managed with responsibility to pour these resources into works that society demands of us.”
WORKS
For her part, Carla Pagano, from the Engineering Directorate of the Secretariat of Urban Development, explained that the work consists of repairing the wall at the mouth of the Concordia stream.
“To do this, the water was diverted with the slope to be able to rebuild the wall and add reinforcement that it did not have,” adding that part of the work consists “of the reconstruction of the lateral slope so that water does not filter through and they do not continue to deteriorate, as well as the roadway, the curb, and the gutter.”
As she detailed, “everything was deteriorated. It was a point of garbage accumulation and a danger to all residents because a pothole was generated, with accumulation of water and waste, with all the problems that entails.”
Finally, the engineer also highlighted the importance of the work in preventing significant weather-related events. “Since water accumulation was generated there, it presented a problem and did not allow the free drainage of the stream in this area, so with this, the issue of levels will also be improved,” concluded Pagano.
The works are being executed at the intersection of Alvear and Zorraquín streets, at the mouth of the Concordia stream.
In this regard, Azcué detailed that “these are works that we are carrying out in different parts of the city, including some reservoirs, such as at Route 4 and Federación or at Concejal Veiga and Moulins,” adding that they involve different actions. “Some have to do with drainage, with cleaning; they are structural works where maintenance must be performed for the system to function.”
TAKING CARE TOGETHER
At that point, the Mayor explained that the site “has gone many years without maintenance, and sediments and waste have been accumulating,” highlighting the inconveniences this generates “when we are affected by significant rainfall because the storm drainage system becomes saturated.”
In that context, Azcué pointed out that this causes “many neighborhoods to end up flooded, so investment, works, and labor are required here, but there is also a commitment from the residents, whom we are talking to, that we must take care and be responsible, in this case with waste, because a large part of the problem here comes from the fact that it has been dumped for many years.”
OWN RESOURCES
Finally, the Mayor of Concordia highlighted that the works “are being done with municipal resources; we are pouring them into these works, which are important and are what the residents ask of us. For things to work well, we are here working with our engineers, with municipal personnel, and with companies, since some specific jobs are outsourced.”
In that sense, he noted that “everyone has to do their part: we as a municipality, to do these works, and the residents to take care and be responsible by complying with putting out waste at the established time and taking it to the corresponding place. These are minimum guidelines that we must respect.”
Azcué announced that throughout this year, these public policies will continue, which can be developed thanks to the fact that during 2024 “we managed to lower spending on many issues that were not priorities for us; we managed with responsibility to pour these resources into works that society demands of us.”
WORKS
For her part, Carla Pagano, from the Engineering Directorate of the Secretariat of Urban Development, explained that the work consists of repairing the wall at the mouth of the Concordia stream.
“To do this, the water was diverted with the slope to be able to rebuild the wall and add reinforcement that it did not have,” adding that part of the work consists “of the reconstruction of the lateral slope so that water does not filter through and they do not continue to deteriorate, as well as the roadway, the curb, and the gutter.”
As she detailed, “everything was deteriorated. It was a point of garbage accumulation and a danger to all residents because a pothole was generated, with accumulation of water and waste, with all the problems that entails.”
Finally, the engineer also highlighted the importance of the work in preventing significant weather-related events. “Since water accumulation was generated there, it presented a problem and did not allow the free drainage of the stream in this area, so with this, the issue of levels will also be improved,” concluded Pagano.