During the opening event of the Farolesa, which now links the Creston and Vigía hills, environmentalists and citizens protested against the project.
In unison with the already classic cry of this movement “Faro sí, zip line no,” the protesters showed up at the Paseo del Centenario and stood in front of the entrance to the Observatorio 1873, just when the first launch of the zip line was taking place.
They shouted slogans against the project of the businessman Amado Guzmán, because of the environmental impact that the “zip line” represents for the flora and fauna of the Cerro del Crestón, but they also made fun of it, since one of the users who launched it ran out of speed a few meters from reaching the Vigía hill and had to advance manually “he didn’t make it, he didn’t make it,” the protesters mocked.
At first, neither the building’s security guards nor members of the Municipal Police repelled the protest until posters were pasted on the façade and a slogan was painted on the wall, “Beloved thief,” which sparked an argument between those present, some in favor and others against.
The streetlight is 1,251 meters long and can reach a speed of 100 kilometers per hour.
The demonstration began to dissipate when there were intentions by the preventive elements to arrest people for the graffiti on the façade, although there were a few who resisted and rejected the project on an open microphone.
Citizens signed against the zip line
A few minutes earlier at the foot of Cerro del Crestón there was also social action, signatures were collected to present a collective lawsuit against the zip line, denouncing the environmental impact that it will cause to the Hill and to demand that it be declared a Protected Natural Area.
Source: oem
