Puerto Morelos, Q.R. — A company illegally clearing a plot of Puerto Morelos land has been shut down. Authorities have said the illegal clearing was stopped December 19 when the clearing crew were unable to provide permits.
The Puerto Morelos City Council reported through the Municipal Secretariat of Environment, the shutting down of clearing December 19 after inspectors paid a visit to the land.
The area cleared is a 60 meter by 32 meter section of what was treed land located off the federal 307 highway. According the City Council inspectors, the land is located close to main entrance of the town of Puerto Morelos.
Personnel from the agency, accompanied by the municipal Secretaries of Urban Development and Territorial Planning and Citizen Security, went to site to request their permits to clear the land, however, they failed to provide any municipal, state or federal vegetation clearing permits for the property.
City inspectors proceeded to shut down the machinery and the site from further clearing. Inspectors did not say why the land was being cleared or who was clearing it.
