The Mayor of Bahía Blanca, Federico Sospiles, announced the completion of an agreement allowing the financing of 13 hydraulic works that he considered crucial for security against the climate emergency in the region. He announced this with the First Vice President of the Bahia Blanca Industrial Association, Gustavo Damiani, and Gustavo Lucero, President of the Chamber of Permit Holders and Companies of Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Oil and Grains of our city.
The mayor explained, “Chemical, petrochemical and oil companies will make an extraordinary, one-time contribution, equivalent to the amount of additional fees they already pay, allocated to these works in 2026 and 2027.” “I have expressed this on repeated occasions: I have no doubt that the strength of the city is its people; we have resilient, hardworking neighbors and supportive business people, and the values of our citizenship are also represented in well-established and distinguished institutions, which I believe have risen to the occasion in this difficult hour to be able to reach this agreement,” Sospel said.
“The Executive has raised the need to be able to address 13 extremely important hydraulic works in the city of Bahía Blanca, which relate to providing security conditions for many residents in the event of any climate emergency,” the President explained. “For this reason, there will be a special contribution for the hydraulic works in the Bahía Blanca area; a special fund, which will be specifically allocated to these works in 2026 and 2027. It is an extraordinary and one-time contribution due to the exceptional emergency circumstances that the city is going through and it will be in the same amount as the surcharge currently paid by chemical, petrochemical and oil companies, to which is added an additional 3 billion dollars annually from companies. grains.” Head of the sect.
The mayor of the city thanked all the companies that support this proposal and stressed: “We are still experiencing the pain that the disaster caused in the community. I am convinced that today is an important day. The people of Bahia, their united companies, are betting on the future.” “We encourage ourselves to look at it face to face, and to build it together. Bahía Blanca is the productive, chemical and petrochemical heart of Argentina, one of the major cities of America. It is the seventh agricultural export complex in the world. Like the city, it needs and wants to develop this sector. That is why today we reaffirm the role of companies as strategic allies, in the rebirth of Bahía Blanca. Through their social responsibility they have given an example and a mission. It is time to work as one team, to research,” Suspiles noted. Building infrastructure works together.
For his part, Gustavo Damiani pointed out, “This action is very important for us because, as we believed from the first statement that we presented, we are committed to dialogue. This final result stems from the dialogue between the municipal administration sector, with its political decisions, and with the mental openness of the parties.” “Businesses are fully integrated into society and play a very important role in everything related to daily life, not only in creating jobs, but also cooperating in infrastructure works in schools, hospitals, etc. I would like to thank Federico Sospiles very much who gave us the space to discuss this matter and reach a positive agreement for all,” he concluded.
Finally, Gustavo Lucero highlighted “first, the fact of constantly maintaining dialogue as a success factor; and second, the role of business chambers as interlocutors, because it is the area that allows us all to find solutions and propose the best proposals that allow us, in this particular case, to fulfill our role as a good neighbor”.