One of the works that was stopped by Poggi’s new management are stages 2 and 3 of the Serranías Puntanas neighborhood, which is located on Route 3 at the southern end, before reaching the highway. The first stage was completed in September of last year, when about 16 blocks were left with the possibility of connecting to the natural gas network that enters the neighborhood through the main boulevard.
Lorena is one of the many residents of the Serranías Puntanas neighborhood who hoped to connect to the natural gas network, “because the connections inside my house to have gas are there, what happens is that the pipe on my block is still “It didn’t arrive,” the woman explained.
He also said that “the gas pipe passes through some sectors of the neighborhood, but the general work was never finished. What they told us at the time is that we were going to have it in August 2023, but the reality is that the first phase was not completed, much less the second or the third.” This, among other inconveniences, causes the neighbors to have to pay Edesal bills with amounts “that in many cases are unpayable, because we have to heat ourselves with electricity,” the neighbor complained.
In addition, he explained that “although the gas pipes reach the five schools, some neighbors told me that those who live in the blocks where the schools are can connect, but that now the problem is that Ecogas does not count at the moment with the corresponding meters to install them.”
That is to say, now those who have the problem are the neighbors who have already hired the registered gas technician and started the process with the company that has to approve the plans and provide them with the meter to be able to access natural gas.
In March of last year, the government authorities met with the residents of the neighborhood in one of the rooms of the “Luis Lusquiños” generative school and there they provided them with all the information about the work that was going to begin and the administrative steps that each of them They should then contact Ecogas to connect to the network.
Currently there are about 2,020 homes, corresponding to 101 blocks, that make up this neighborhood and are still waiting to connect to the network. Lorena also indicated that since the new authorities took office they have not had any meetings.
nion, “no one from the Government has called us.”
On the other hand, he said that they have taken this and other complaints to the Neighborhood Assistance Center (CAV) in the Félix Bogado neighborhood. “Among the requests we made was to improve our public lighting and to make a plaza for us, because we don’t have any in this neighborhood. We also asked for speed bumps and at this point, due to the number of cars circulating, we already need traffic lights on the boulevard. And we also ask for security cameras.”
Lorena said that “we were all waiting for the provincial government to comply with the initiative to facilitate the procedures that Ecogas requires of us. Because we saw that there are big differences between what one or another registered gas operator charges. But we never had the possibility of having the connection procedures refinanced.” And she clarified that “that was a request that we made through the Neighborhood Commission (formed in 2019), but we are still waiting for a response.”
