The government confirmed a process to expropriate the land of the Universidad Austral de Chile (UACH), where the unfinished works of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Valdivia are locatedarrested almost 3 years ago in the Los Ríos region. For the Executive, if the house of Studies makes any judicial claim, it will make the problem more difficult.
The information was released on the Day of the Patrimonies, in an activity carried out at the Valdivia River Fair, a typical and heritage scenario that contrasts with the building unfinished that is on the other side of the river: The Museum of Contemporary Art, whose improvement works have been paralyzed since June 2022.
The structure is on land owned by the Universidad Austral de Chile, Mortgated property by this corporation to a banking entitywhich has prevented resume the initiative that remained with a 35% execution And he keeps it abandoned, according to the presidential delegate of Los Ríos, Jorge Alvial.
“Genue and Slow” process
The authority indicated that as a government they offered the University to give the land and, before the refusal, what they have left is to begin the expropriation process. “It has been cumbersome, slow, but it is the only line that we are carrying out“, The delegate recognized, adding that If the house of studies judicially claims “the problem will be more complicated.”
https://media.biobiochile.cl/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/expropiacion-terreno-uach.mp3Alvial said that, with the decision to initiate the expropriation process, it is necessary that the Ministry of Social Development authorize the change of records to move from a public work to a public to a public, which modifies the profitability of the project and that it will be stipulated in the National Investment System.
After being consulted, the Universidad Austral de Chile, without ruling directly on the expropriation of its land, indicated that they have held meetings with the regional authorities to address this issue and reach agreements in the field.
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