Outrage against the felling of trees in Madrid Río due to the Metro works: "Our memories of always are going to be destroyed"

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"I was born in this neighborhood. I played here as a child and

. I brought my daughters here so they could learn to skate and ride a bike. My daughters come here to run and play sports... and now They want to put us in a subway station. Who wants to get out of the subway at 10 at night in the dark of a park? They wanted to do it in the street, on Paseo de Yeserías, and we had no objection to that. But here? Here I come every day to walk, to chat with the neighbors and

," says an indignant Soledad, 84, who, armed with a sign on her chest and her two Crutches has come to

that the Community of Madrid has planned as part of the expansion works of metro line 11.

Soledad is one of the people - around a thousand, according to data from the Government delegation and 2,000 according to the organizers (Ecologistas en Acción and Entidades Vecinales) - who have wanted to express their discontent over the felling of 1,027 trees that will cause the construction of

Madrid Metro, in Madrid Río.

A colorful meeting that has brought together families dressed as carnival with protest signs, senior citizens and neighbors who have joined the march while walking their dog.

"It is the place of Kira's daily walk [a border collie full of vitality].

because we enjoy our company, she can run and socialize with other dogs," says her owner.

The protest has been carried out in a festive way, wrapped in a

.

Meanwhile, the protesters sang chants of "We are going to stop this felling", "Ayuso, case, the trees are fighting" or "you have to notice when voting."

"

, who has detailed that the objective of the protest is "to prevent felling from occurring" and to urge the Community of Madrid to "review of the works" so that the "legal precepts of environmental impact" are met.

On Friday, the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) denied the precautionary measure requested in an appeal by Ecologistas en Acción and Aedenat for

in

, which include the felling of more than a thousand trees.

"We are not giving up," said Martín, who has called to bring "reason and head" to the Community of Madrid when carrying out the construction, a work that "the neighbors want" but that must be carried out "with information " and according to environmental needs.

Beyond the environmental impact, the destruction of the Arganzuela park with works, tunnel boring machines and tree felling has

.

"We are from the neighborhood of a lifetime. We were born on the other side of the river and we came here with our parents. Now our children played here on the pirate ship and they want to end everything...";

Javi and Piedad lament it.

" It's very sad, our memories

of always

THE LEFT REQUESTS THE PROJECT TO BE RETHINKED

The municipal groups of the left in the Madrid City Council have also joined the march, who have accused the mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, of not listening to the neighbors and have asked that the project be reconsidered to take it to the original

.

The municipal campaign spokesman for Más Madrid, Eduardo Rubiño, has denounced the "indiscriminate felling" of "more than 1,150 healthy trees", which in his opinion will mean "a terrible loss for the green areas of Madrid", while he has

by the Community of Madrid are considered "false". the expansion of line 11, which of course we defend, but it was not projected here; the original project that was submitted to a public hearing did not say that it would be at the cost of losing Madrid's green areas", he commented.

The change of space for the work is, from his point of view, a "unilateral" decision by a mayor who "is governing with his back to the public" with which the "loss of trees that Madrid is suffering" is increasing, while who has affirmed that

" in this legislature.

For his part, Carlos Terol, General Secretary of the PSOE in Arganzuela, stated that: "We are fighting to keep the trees in the groves of Madrid Río that they now want to cut down

for a few months or a few The important thing is that the trees have to stay because they give quality of life.

Meanwhile, the Recupera Madrid candidate for mayor of the capital,

, has assured that he does not understand the "change of position" on line 11 and has described Almeida as an "Ayuso manager" who "is not defending the interests of Madrid".

Along the same lines, the candidate of Podemos-Izquierda Unida for Madrid mayor,

and is dedicated to "crushing green spaces."

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