Asani building ready to collapse and extremely dangerous – A possible solution
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Asani
02 Mar 2022
/ 19:55
CORFU. What the civil engineer Gerasimos Mourmouris told Enimerosi.
The Asani building, which is just a few steps away from San Giacomo Old Town Hall, is ready to collapse and is extremely dangerous.
The building in the Town Hall Square – a busy area – has remained uninhabited, unmaintained and abandoned for decades without any authority ever intervening to repair the damage. The property belongs to the Ministry for Environment and Energy, which has shown no interest. Meanwhile, if the building collapses, no one will have the right to be surprised. And in the unfortunate event of an accident, no one will care about who owns the building...
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Only basic work done
The Deputy Mayor for Technical Works Nikos Kalogeros said that due to this ownership issue, the Municipality is unable to repair it. Following the fallen plaster, some basic work had been carried out, i.e. the rotten frames were fixed and the tattered burlap sheets were replaced.
Tape had recently been put up around the perimeter of the building to prevent people from walking past it, but now only the alley towards Annunziata Square is closed.
As Nikos Kalogeros told Enimerosi, the Municipality has informed the Ministry about this. A small budget of €30,000 has also been set aside for some basic work, even though the property does not belong to the Central Corfu Municipality.
There is a solution
Civil engineer Gerasimos Mourmouris recently visited the building and took some photos that show its internal condition.
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As he told Enimerosi, the building had been inhabited until 2000. For twenty years now, no one has been living in it. It has become a ‘ghost’ building.
“The only solution is for the Municipality to ask to be granted the use of the property. After all, the plot of land belongs to the Municipality. Only the building belongs to the Ministry for Environment. That way, the Municipality can intervene, clean it up, get the rubble out and fix the frames and the scaffolding, which could fall off in any strong winds.”
Mr. Mourmouris even pointed out that the archaeological law No. 3028 and the Article 4 of the Constitution give the local government every right to repair it and either pass the cost on to the owners or gain it back it from its exploitation.
“We cannot wait for the Ministry to take action, when there is a risk of a serious accident. It is worth noting that the building is included in an old 1947 Town Plan, which has been stalled and now, because the town is a UNESCO monument, nothing can be done,” he added.
The building in the Town Hall Square – a busy area – has remained uninhabited, unmaintained and abandoned for decades without any authority ever intervening to repair the damage. The property belongs to the Ministry for Environment and Energy, which has shown no interest. Meanwhile, if the building collapses, no one will have the right to be surprised. And in the unfortunate event of an accident, no one will care about who owns the building...
Only basic work done
The Deputy Mayor for Technical Works Nikos Kalogeros said that due to this ownership issue, the Municipality is unable to repair it. Following the fallen plaster, some basic work had been carried out, i.e. the rotten frames were fixed and the tattered burlap sheets were replaced.
Tape had recently been put up around the perimeter of the building to prevent people from walking past it, but now only the alley towards Annunziata Square is closed.
As Nikos Kalogeros told Enimerosi, the Municipality has informed the Ministry about this. A small budget of €30,000 has also been set aside for some basic work, even though the property does not belong to the Central Corfu Municipality.
There is a solution
Civil engineer Gerasimos Mourmouris recently visited the building and took some photos that show its internal condition.
As he told Enimerosi, the building had been inhabited until 2000. For twenty years now, no one has been living in it. It has become a ‘ghost’ building.
“The only solution is for the Municipality to ask to be granted the use of the property. After all, the plot of land belongs to the Municipality. Only the building belongs to the Ministry for Environment. That way, the Municipality can intervene, clean it up, get the rubble out and fix the frames and the scaffolding, which could fall off in any strong winds.”
Mr. Mourmouris even pointed out that the archaeological law No. 3028 and the Article 4 of the Constitution give the local government every right to repair it and either pass the cost on to the owners or gain it back it from its exploitation.
“We cannot wait for the Ministry to take action, when there is a risk of a serious accident. It is worth noting that the building is included in an old 1947 Town Plan, which has been stalled and now, because the town is a UNESCO monument, nothing can be done,” he added.
