The municipal installation of the ‘Juan Manuel Angelina’ football fields in Villanueva del Pardillo suffered the theft of copper cables a few days ago, so since then the municipal installation was damagedthe city council reported in a press release.
The criminals stole all the copper wiring, causing serious damage and the impossibility of lighting the playing fields and the new changing room, from that moment on.
On the same day of the events, Infrastructure and Sports advisors, a Sports technician and the municipal public lighting maintenance company were on site to assess the “very serious damage” and coordinate the first measures and solutions in this regard.
The Town Hall said the thieves stole the wiring from the eight lighting towers on the grounds as well as manholes and perimeter areas. In all, 3,650 meters of electrical wiring was stolen and needs to be replaced of different types and specific measures.
Additionally, during the theft, five manholes and all nine exterior electrical panels of the facility were vandalized, meaning having to replace all the wiring from the top of each tower to the square of its base and from each base to the general square.
The Villanueva City Hall has filed the corresponding complaint with the Civil Guard and opened an investigation into thisalso due to the same events in other municipalities. The Municipal Council is taking the necessary measures to remedy the consequences of this incident “as quickly as possible”.
The same weekend of the theft, the sports advisor contacted the town halls near the town to request the availability of football fields and resolve the problem “given the impossibility of using our facilities after sunset”. The municipalities that provided facilities are those of Valdemorillo and Quijorna.
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