The platform Mobba Park, made up of residents who ask the City Council to demolish this old factory, has sent a statement to the Entre Todos section listing the dangers it entails the poor condition of the building. “We are very concerned & rdquor ;, they write.
The deterioration of the façade is evident to the naked eye and the plates placed to collect the rubble that fall off are not effective according to these residents, who provide photos of some “rocks & rdquor; that bounce off the planks and hit the sidewalks, “especially in the part that faces Eduard Maristany street with Dos de Maig & rdquor ;, they specify in their letter.
One of the spokespersons for the platform, Manuela Ocana, He explains to this newspaper that “the danger is constant” but it is accentuated on days with strong winds. “They have already damaged parked cars and we are afraid that it might fall on someone’s head, because it kills them. Many schoolchildren pass through that street every day,” underlines a neighbor who is also concerned about the roof of the building and that invisible enemy called asbestos. “We feel that we are dying slowly – he adds – because of the fiber cement particles that are spreading throughout the neighborhood & rdquor ;.
The roof of the old factory, about 1,400 square meters, is damaged and the platform urges the consistory to take urgent measures. “We are still waiting for a response to the instances presented to solve a problem that seems very serious to us, because we are constantly breathing that,” adds Ocaña, who considers that the City Council that leads the PSC “is hiding behind the judicialization & rdquor; of the La Mobba case, something that they consider compatible with “actions that could minimize & rdquor; a situation that may involve “irreparable physical damage & rdquor ;.
Added to the landslides and the fiber cement is a public health problem, they say, caused by the deposit of garbage, urine and excrement between the fence and the building and a plague of rats “The old factory is increasingly a dunghill and a risk for the surrounding buildings to burn down,” they underline.
Asked about this neighborhood complaint, the City Council reports that they are “waiting for a judicial decision by the judge to be able to define the future of the space.” However, they say they are “aware of the precarious situation in which the old factory is located and also its surroundings.” These judicial sources advance that will implement “some actions, those permitted by law, to improve security and coexistence”, without going into more detail.
Expropriation in 2014
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The controversy surrounding the old scales and scales factory dates back to 2014, when it was expropriated by the council and its land was classified as green area. The original plan called for the demolition and construction of a park. However, when the machines were already inside to start the demolition, an image perfectly reminiscent of Ocaña, the works were stopped by court order: it was about protecting a property of local cultural interest (ICBL) endorsed by a report from the Generalitat.
The interests of the Parque de la Mobba platform clash with those of another collective, Salvem La Mobba, that advocate a mixture of uses: recover the newest part as arts and culture center -it already welcomed a nucleus of artistic creators in its last stage, an activity consented to by the previous owner-, and allocate the rest to a park.