Overview
- Fourth-year students at Regina Virginum de Adoratrices formally presented the "Respirar sin Alergia" bill through the La Legislatura y la Escuela program, moving the proposal into legislative discussion with no city decision yet.
- The plan calls for progressive replacement of plane trees with native or low-allergen species, beginning in Comuna 15 and prioritizing locations within 200 meters of schools, hospitals, health centers and nursing homes.
- The proposal sets a maximum ten-year rollout and requires annual progress of at least 10% of priority specimens.
- It asks the City to issue an official list of authorized trees and to organize community planting days, awareness campaigns and school activities.
- Official censuses count roughly 36,000–70,000 plane trees—about 15% of the urban canopy—while a Hospital Británico specialist notes their pollen drives rhinoconjunctivitis and the fruit fluff causes non-allergic irritation.