Ongoing SP Discussion, page-955

Salaya calls to clarify the Zepa and to give security to investors.

The mayor of Cáceres , Luis Salaya, has highlighted the need to make economic development compatible with the protection of the environment, for which it is necessary to give clarity to protected areas and security to investors, a very complex debate that must be addressed calmly, with great intelligence and listening to those who know about it.

This was stated at the opening of the conference 'Projects with territorial anchoring in Extremadura ', at the University. Salaya has indicated that “when we talk about the Extremadura to come, we talk about new opportunities and an Extremadura that has managed to focus on a model. I remember many conversations with the president of the Board . He raised, and I understood it as a necessity, that it was essential to achieve a new and radical approach to the approach we had and to be able to change the trends and dynamics that our region followed».

In his opinion, the model that had served us for decades was not valid to face the following years, "and then -he stressed- an opportunity arose around the third industrial revolution, renewable energies, and to generate electricity and energy to power industries. If we are capable of generating the energy and the conditions for companies to establish themselves, we will be able to attract them and generate wealth that allows us to grow and anchor elements here ».

The municipal councilor estimates that " Cáceres is having a fit in this" and has admitted that "Cáceres has different protection zones up to the edge of the urban area, which is a real problem for the city and in some cases it is difficult to understand them because they have been protected some with little environmental value. We are faced with the need to decide if we are willing to rethink it and adapt those zones to redefine what activities can be carried out, and give clarity to these zones and security to investors.

And he concluded like this: «We can say that the protection is not reversible but if a large majority of Spaniards end up being clear that it must be reversed, the law will change and this land will lose a lot if it runs out of some of its areas that are sources of wealth and essential for the world we face. We are facing a very complex debate, and we better be able to face it calmly, with a lot of intelligence and listening to those who know about it.

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