| The Totana city council initiates a sanctioning file against a company in the municipality for the installation of two gates and cutting a road in El Purgatorio | The Totana City Council has initiated a sanctioning proceedings against a totanera merchant for the installation of two gates on the private rural road for public use "Camino de las Casas de la Pelá", located in El Purgatorio, in the vicinity of the Sierra Espuña Regional Park .The Association for the Custody of the Territory (ACUDE) filed a complaint on October 6 without having identified the alleged perpetrator, for the cutting of the aforementioned road, which limits the free passage of people, and the placement of Canadian crossings that prevent the free traffic of wild fauna, causing the drowning of small animals such as reptiles and birds, since they do not have the corresponding drains.
Likewise, they prevent the passage of domestic animals, with the damage that this entails.On the other hand, the gates have been placed without the consent of other owners of farms that are accessed by said road, which also connects with the forest road that goes to La Carrasca in the Sierra Espuña Regional Park.ACUDE has several farms, which are accessed through the described path, integrated into its network of custody of the territory and duly signposted, free access being limited through the aforementioned doors for the execution of conservation actions of the environment and wild fauna.
limited step.This conservation organization asked the City Council to impose on the alleged offender the sanctions derived from their actions and to oblige the person responsible for the placement of the described doors to dismantle and remove them.This conservation organization applauds the decision of the Totana City Council and hopes that the open procedure will achieve the removal of the aforementioned Canadian doors and steps, so that both farm owners and nature sportsmen and wildlife can freely access those places.
and to other areas of the Sierra Espuña Regional Park.
Source: Murcia.com