The first families in Cabo San Lucas to be relocated to units under the national housing program will be those living in high-risk areas such as the banks of the Salto Seco stream, Caribe Bajo, and Lagunitas.
Francisco Cota Márquez, municipal director of Civil Protection for Los Cabos, reported that the City Council has already approved the property where these families will be relocated, located on the Cabo San Lucas exit toward Todos Santos.
He said that, as Civil Protection, they have requested authorization to inspect the land and prepare a technical report so that all permits and the feasibility of starting construction are in place by the time construction begins.
Other land will be transferred to the city council for needed facilities, reported Mayor Paz del Alma Ochoa.
In fact, she stated, the land is suitable, and although there is runoff, containment work will be done.
“We also looked at the issue of urbanization, roads, and access, because housing of this nature involves many people and vehicles, and the risk level increases.”
He specified that the housing project consists of the construction of four-story buildings with 16 units per floor, so it is important to review the infrastructure support primarily, but also the roads, parking spaces, and vehicle fire risk factors.
He explained that these 700 homes are the first stage of the national housing program for Los Cabos, which includes thousands of units during the current federal administration. Although authorities are focused on finding new properties, not all are feasible because President Claudia Sheinbaum has set a condition that the properties must be urbanized.
It’s not just that; the land is there, and they must have water, electricity, sewage services, garbage collection, and medical services. They must be urbanized, and we continue working on that.
He mentioned that Mayor Christian Agúndez Gómez has a commitment to have the first homes completed this year, and that work is being done at breakneck speed. Therefore, the Civil Protection Directorate has been very punctual in reviewing and issuing the necessary reports to ensure this progress moves forward very quickly.
Without providing figures from the national housing program in Los Cabos, as that data is managed by Sedatu (National Commission for the Protection of Families), he said that thousands of families are settled in high-risk areas, and a new census is being conducted to obtain more accurate data.
He pointed out that to prevent the spaces left by relocated families from being occupied by others, he indicated that they are considering dedicating them to green areas, soccer fields, and other sports fields.
He stated that for this municipal administration, it is a priority to evacuate people living in high-risk areas with the homes that will be built “because we know that tropical cyclones are recurrent year after year in our municipality. We are the national tropical cyclone capital, and therefore we must be very attentive to the upcoming season, now in May, from May to November.”
He considered it very difficult to have the first homes before hurricane season begins, but a special program is already in place to provide temporary shelters and evacuate people living in high-risk areas.
He said that authorities are continuing to look for properties with potential for construction in Cabo San Lucas, but also in San José del Cabo, where there are high-risk invasion zones, such as the Santa Rosa ford.
Source: oem
