Montes estimated between 7,000 and 12,000 homes affected by the fires in Valparaíso – La Discusión 2024-02-23 01:17:10

The Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, Carlos Montes, estimated between 7,000 and 12 thousand properties affected by the fires in the Valparaíso Region.

The head of Minvu indicated that “to specify the exact figure, you have to take a tour of the terrain, it is not enough to have a general opinion from various data sources, you have to see it live,” according to what he stated. Third.

This is because some homes are “completely damaged, while others are semi-damaged. There we have to go into greater detail,” although he stressed that “a large part of the homes mentioned are completely damaged.”

Regarding the measures for reconstruction, Montes pointed out that “the first thing you have to have is a good communication network between each of the towns, villages, irregular lots, camps or affected intakes,” so it is key “to know what “It is happening in each of the places, and what expectations are there, what can be advanced.”

Along these lines, he revealed that he held a meeting with large, medium and small companies that “do classic housing production and also industrialized housing, showing the damage and the history in the region, and calling for them to join the reconstruction.” for which “a bidding system different from that normally carried out will be carried out, within the framework of the exceptional nature that exists due to the catastrophe.”

“We have to look at all the alternatives, there is no single model for this, it depends on each of the realities,” he added.

Finally, he pointed out that among the aspects to consider is “the issue of access and roads is fundamental, because here it was shown that in several of the sectors they had nowhere to exit.”

“Working quickly is essential, we will not be able to cover everything because it is very big, but we have to start and make it clear that we have started (…) we have not even been a week since the catastrophe, we have advanced and worked, but we are still in In no case can we say that we have all the background information and definitions, we are in the process,” he stressed.