Still without lights in the sports center of El Arenillo park in Manizales

THE HOMELAND | Manizales

The now El Arenillo Senses Parkin Manizalesremodeled at the end of 2023, the lights on the perimeter of the sports unit area still do not turn onspecifically the area that covers the synthetic 7-a-side soccer field and the micro-soccer field.

DENUNCIE verified on January 31 that the users of the place carried out sports activities in the dark and were exposed to theft.

Jhon Ober Ríos says that The situation has not changed and? merchants are also affected.

“I am a personal trainer and I coordinate my service here at night. The lack of light and insecurity have caused several of my students to become demotivated and dispense with me.“Rios declared.

Similarly, Sahira Ramírez, another complainant and merchant in the area, maintained that They promised the community of El Arenillo and the El Carmen neighborhood to make the site a commercial area where vendors offer their products in formal stalls, but none to date has occupied them.

“They said they were going to put a Juan Valdez and other brands, but imagine, Who puts their business in this insecurity?“said Ramírez.

Complainants agree that The situation is complex and there have been violent acts and attacks against the park guards..

However, Second Lieutenant Eva Mantilla, of the Olaya Herrera Park CAI, assures that There have been no public order problems there since last year..

The lack of light makes it difficult to use sports venues.

Delivered

He Arenillo Works Consortium is the contractor for the lighting work.

According to Jairo Alfredo López, manager of Manizales Valorization Institute (Invama), the contractor had a pending process with the Caldas Hydroelectric Power Plant (Chech) and this made it impossible for
lighting will be administered. Despite this, he announced that the Consortium is now up to date.

“We can now proceed to manage that lighting. That is, Invama is in charge of carrying out preventive and corrective maintenance and set a value for energy consumption,” declared the manager.

For now, the community hopes that those lights will be turned on soon.

Merchants never occupied the containers that would be used for opening businesses, according to the complainants.


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