The construction, which will close off the beach access section at Estrada Haroldo Soares Glavan in Kakupa, Florianopolis, is ongoing. The information was confirmed by the mayor’s office. no data+ this Friday (17). According to the municipal government, the owner can use the site for construction and work in the area.

The property was sold, according to residents, and this Tuesday (14) the new owner blocked off the beach access area with a fence.

In an interview with no data+, the owner of the land, who declined to be named, says the site belonged to an old association and had been abandoned for several years. According to him, citizens opened an unauthorized passage in the space on the side of the road. In the rest of the territory there was a protective fence, which, in his opinion, did not fulfill its function.

City Hall says there are no violations in construction – Photo: Arquivo/Marco Santiago/ND

“Checked with the city hall about the ticket and the city hall said that they do not have a regular ticket on the spot (scheduled/scheduled), the footage of the act includes this ticket. All this information has been georeferenced. We closed because the place was used for drug use and collecting trash and standing water,” he said.

Inhabitants

Esther Eloise Addison, president of the Cacupé Residents Association, says the site is often used by residents as it is the only access between the two beaches, SESC Beach and Cacupé Pequeno Beach.

“This is a century of access. It is in front of the chapel, in the procession of the Nossa Señora dos Navegantes, where the saint descends. So there is also a religious significance,” he says.

Together, the residents filed a complaint with the Floram Fundação Municipal do Meio Ambiente de Florianópolis regarding the closure. Among the justifications in the protocol document, it is stated that “beaches are a public property of the general use of people, always providing free and open access to them and to the sea, in any direction and direction, except for areas considered to be of interest for safety or included in areas protected special legislation.

The folder said that if there were any violations in the environmental issue, Floram would analyze them.

A memo from Florianopolis City Hall states that:

The Florianopolis City Hall, through the Municipal Secretary for Housing and Urban Development (SMHDU), has confirmed that the land in question is private, despite facing the sea. Therefore, the owner owns the land and can use it for construction and work in the area.

Place of transition of residents – Personal archive / Disclosure / ND

The space was surrounded by fences – Personal archive / Disclosure / ND