Assembly will investigate pipeline case

The members of the Committee on Biodiversity of the National Assembly will meet in Guayaquil, will visit the area where the pipeline is built, will dialogue with the inhabitants of the areas requiring another route and will prepare a report on the problem raised by the project, which has also been questioned by the municipality of Guayaquil over the dangers it poses to the community.

Andres Darquea (middle), a resident of via a la costa, explained yesterday why the inhabitants of that area and northwest of Guayaquil oppose the current route of the pipeline.

The visit will be on January 2, and as revealed, the decision was made after hearing from neighbors who oppose the current pipeline route Monteverde-Pascuales, which will transport liquefied petroleum gas.