The Federal Attorney General’s Office for Environmental Protection (Profepa) temporarily closed five groynes installed at various points along the Yucatán coast after confirming that the structures lacked the required environmental impact authorizations issued by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat).
The action stemmed from citizen complaints, which prompted inspections carried out on November 24.
The first site inspected was located between kilometers 8 and 9 of the Progreso–Telchac Puerto section of the highway, in the town of Chicxulub Puerto, municipality of Progreso. At this location, Profepa personnel discovered four groynes of varying lengths, constructed from the beach and the federal maritime-terrestrial zone into the sea.
The second site was located in the town of Santa Clara Tiyaxcah, in the municipality of Dzidzantún, near the Santa Clara palapas. There, a fixed stone structure, known as a groyne, was identified. It measured approximately 20 meters long, 0.60 meters wide, and 0.50 meters high, and was installed perpendicular to the beach and the sea.
In both cases, Profepa confirmed that the construction was carried out without authorization from Semarnat and without complying with the technical criteria and specifications of environmental legislation.
During the investigation, no one responsible for the installation of the structures was located. Therefore, the five groynes were temporarily and completely closed. In Santa Clara, official closure seals were affixed and the corresponding administrative file was opened, while in Chicxulub Puerto, procedures were initiated to follow up on the matter.
Source: solyucatan
