City Council approves legislative decree calling for referendum to define the future of the Minhocão in São Paulo | Saint Paul

Councilor Caio Miranda Carneiro’s (DEM) proposal had 54 votes in favor and only 1 against. According to the Board of Directors of the Chamber, it does not need a second vote or sanction from the mayor for it to take effect.

According to the councilor, the plebiscite wants to question the people of São Paulo about the alternatives defined in the 2014 Strategic Master Plan on the fate of the elevated. The plan opens up the possibility of a complete transformation of the space into a public park, a partial transformation or the total dismantling of the road.

However, the text of the proposal does not define a date for the referendum or where the money will come from for the consultation to take place: necessary ”, states the document.

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According to the author of the proposal, the idea is to try to speed up the publication of the project so that the plebiscite still takes place during the first round of the municipal elections this year.

“Everything depends on the agility of the mayor and the Regional Electoral Court so that the referendum is carried out in this or in the next elections. The mayor has up to 30 days to publish the decree, so that it reaches the TRE and the president of the court sees the viability of it being carried out in this year’s elections or not. It is a decision that can be made now or in the next elections, because there is no rush, since the studies on whether it is worth building a park or dismantling the Minhocão are not yet ready, “said Caio Miranda.

The João Goulart Elevated connects the Avenida Radial Leste-Oeste (in the Center) with Avenida Francisco Matarazzo (Zona Oeste), passing through the República, Consolação, Santa Cecília and Barra Funda neighborhoods, and the City of São Paulo has tried for years turn it into a park. linear.

The creation of a park on the site was announced in 2016, after the approval of a law in the City Council that was sanctioned by Mayor Fernando Haddad (PT).

The Public Ministry went to court and obtained a court order to prevent the project, as it argued that a study was missing on the urban impact that the park would cause in the region. The precautionary measure fell and the Court of Justice announced the park project.

In July of this year, the City of São Paulo began the bidding process to build eight pedestrian accesses in Minhocão, as part of the first phase of implementation of the park, with 900 meters.

The complete project of creating a linear park in space must be divided into three stages, with the implementation of accessibility, security and specific rules for the environment. The estimated cost is R $ 38 million.