Overview
- Residents, merchants and civic groups marched, blocked intersections and stopped machinery, demanding the Regional Government suspend the drainage and street works until January to protect holiday sales.
- Project specialist Jordy Morillo said activities continue at a slower rate due to incongruences uncovered during excavation that reduced productivity but are being corrected during execution.
- Morillo acknowledged fixable shortcomings in the technical dossier and said detected utility conflicts involve telecommunications lines, while gas networks are not included because the area is under heritage rules.
- The team stated that Calle Junín will not be closed in 2025 and that no new streets will be shut beyond sections already intervened.
- Community leaders criticized weak socialization, warned a planned storm tank under Plazuela Tres Culturas could harm historic buildings, and said a meeting with authorities required mediation by Monsignor Guillermo Elías.