President Alberto Fernandez referred this Saturday to the controversy generated around the Escondido Lake, whose public access is prevented by British tycoon Joe Lewis. The president affirmed that “we must facilitate” the arrival of visitors to the water mirror, and anticipated that he will analyze with the governor of Río Negro, Arabela Carreras, the possibility of building a road.
Last weekend, while the president was on a tour of China, the question of the Patagonian water mirror was once once more put on the table, whose public access is made difficult by Lewis, who acquired the land that surrounds it. A march to reach the place ended with incidents caused by a lewis shock force. The group that went to protest was isolated for hours in the mountains.
At the time of these events, the head of state was with the governor of Rio Negro in China, and both analyzed the situation. “We talked regarding it with Arabela, because the truth is that it is a rare subject to understand. What I spoke with the governor is that a solution must be found on this issue,” said the president.
“The lake is not owned by anyone, it is public property. Access to the lake must be facilitated.”questioned the president. “The solution proposed by the owners of the field does not seem to be reasonable in any way”he added, in dialogue with Radio 10.
In that sense, he said: “What we talked regarding (with the governor) is to see to think regarding building at some point a road leading to the lake and the owner of the field is obliged to accept itbecause it is an easement of obligatory passage, because there is no other way to get to the lake”.
The Head of State underlined in closing that “Access to the lake must be guaranteed” and concluded: “Let’s see if we can make it happen.”
