The demolition of the 6 buildings of the former companyCromoduro, located on the Zorrotzaurre riverbank, began recently. The remaining two buildings will survive as indicated in the Special Plan for rehabilitation and assigning to service uses. The demolition of the buildings, supported by the Basque Government Industrial Ruins Programme is being carried out by the current owner Umpro 2000 S.L. under the strictest waste management guidelines. The demolition will free up almost 10,000 m2 of land for the future uses defined for the area.

The assembly of the Zorrotzaurre Management Commission has agreed to approve the Report replying to the 49 allegations presented to the Execution Unit 1 of the Zorrotzaurre Land Reorganisation Project, initially approved last January 14 after the period of public disclosure. Of 49 the allegations presented by a number of owners and businesses located in Zorrotzaurre, 30 have been accepted, 4 in their totality and 26 partially. The main questions raised concerned discrepancies regarding: property, the criteria for the awarding of future plots, the urbanisation costs to be charged to owners and the amounts of compensation. 19 owners have affirmed…

Demolition of the two Praxair buildings, the former acetylene plant of the Compañía Nacional de Oxígeno, owned by the Sociedad Promotora Inmobiliaria Margen Derecha in Zorrotzaurre have been demolished. The demolition of the buildings, which was supported by the Basque Government under its Industrial Ruins Programme, frees up land for the future defined in the Special Plan for the area.