The Municipal Socialist Group has denounced a new “unjustified felling of trees” in the city of Toledo, this time in the Azucaica neighborhood. “Since the Popular Party and Vox came to the city government, the felling of trees without justification and without calling the Environmental Council has become a daily practice of this government team,” the socialist councilor stressed. Martha Medina.
Medina was able to observe that “more than twenty trees near the Villagómez stream, in the Azucaica neighborhood, were cut down without any planning and transparency, lying to the neighbors, who had already opposed it when the project was presented to them, while, moreover, the felling of as many trees as was carried out did not appear, according to the representatives of the company itself, neighborhood association”, as reported this Friday by the local PSOE.
🌳✂️ The Popular Party mayor’s chainsaw multiplies in the neighborhoods of Toledo
More than twenty trees in the Azucaica neighborhood are added to the arboricide that Carlos Velázquez has carried out in less than 16 months of government 😳 pic.twitter.com/lplBjxhvGk
– Ayto Toledo Socialist Group (@psoe_toledoayto) September 13, 2024
“The Popular Party mayor’s chainsaw is multiplying in all the neighborhoods of Toledo,” said the socialist councilor, who stressed that “this mayor and his environmental advisor are not concerned about the integration of trees in construction projects and dozens of trees are being uprooted” without considering the possibility of transplanting them to other points and without any transparency.” “The felling of the Azucaica Neighborhood This is a more secret feeling, disguised as lies by a mythomaniac mayor, repeated in many works and which makes no sense. We all remember the latest clearings of the Plaza del Sagrario in the Santa Bárbara neighborhood, those of the gymnastics school, to name a few, and now these clearings of the Azucaica neighborhood, which are added to the deforestation that the PP is carrying out in the city.”
Marta Medina recalled that “when the Popular Party was in opposition, it made alarmist speeches when a tree was cut down in the city, and the Environmental Council was always convened to be accountable and have the greatest transparency.” “Now, this same party and Mayor Velázquez should read what UNESCO and FAO say about the protection of cultural and natural heritage and the importance of its conservation in a city like Toledo. And it would not be bad if the councilor and national deputyJose Manuel VelascoRead to your colleagues in government what article 60.3 of the municipal ordinance on the conservation of the urban environment literally includes, or are you so absorbed in your problems in the Congress of Deputies that you do not realize that your colleague and mayor “Does he not respect the municipal regulations?”, he asks.
