Ronda City Council is monitoring 51 dilapidated properties, 16 of which are at serious risk, after reinforcing inspections due to the storms in February.
The Urban Planning Department of Ronda City Council has quantified the deterioration of the city's building stock: 51 properties are under municipal surveillance due to their poor condition. Of these, 16 present a serious risk level, 14 are at medium risk, and 21 are classified as low risk.
The inventory is the result of enhanced inspections initiated by the Council following the series of storms that hit the city in February. Five months later, the work allows for a clearer understanding of the problem: around thirty of the buildings are concentrated in the historic centre, where the age of the buildings and the effects of the rains have necessitated prioritising safety while still preserving heritage.
Urban Planning has already intervened “in one way or another” in 30 of the properties deemed to be at high or medium risk, as explained by the area councillor, Jesús Vázquez. The actions range from requirements for owners and coercive fines to declarations of ruin and works carried out directly by the Council when circumstances necessitate urgent action.
“We have already acted, in one way or another, on 30 properties,” Urban Planning states after reinforcing inspections following the storms.
One such case is currently on calle Armiñán. The City Council is installing a structure to secure the façade of a house whose condition has necessitated temporarily closing traffic up to plaza Abul Beka. The intervention costs around 78,000 euros and is being carried out subsidiarily, as the former owner passed away without leaving heirs and the ownership of the property is currently undetermined.
While this situation is being resolved judicially, the Council has assumed the cost to prevent deterioration from posing risks in one of the busiest streets in the old town. The work is part of 140,000 euros allocated in recent months for safety measures on dilapidated properties.
On calle Tenorio, for example, elements of another house were secured through an intervention costing around 5,500 euros. A more extensive action took place on Espíritu Santo, where a demolition was carried out at an approximate cost of 38,000 euros.
These works also include Cuesta de Santo Domingo. There, the damage caused by the series of storms increased the risk of collapse of a building, leading to another demolition, in this case with an investment close to 15,000 euros.
The municipal monitoring of these buildings remains active, focusing on the historic centre, where the combination of age and humidity continues to require prompt responses from the local administration.
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