- The Armed Forces of Spain are carrying out opening work in the shooting range of Aitzoain (Navarra), as reported by the National Police. There he has his barracks and this project has sparked a controversy with the local municipalities. The City of Berrioplano has just rejected the fence that the Army wants to install on Mount Ezkaba.
The headquarters of Regiment America 66 began a few months ago to open the shooting camp and has already built a four-storey building to maneuver in the same place. In addition, the City Hall intends to fence a land of 52 hectares to enlarge the shooting area in which it is currently located. This barrier would cover much of the south-west slope of Mt. Ezkaba, from the current shooting range to the top of Ezkaba.
The Spanish Ministry of Defence requested the authorization of the City of Berrioplano on 15 April and last Tuesday the council refused on the grounds that these are communal forests and that they cannot be done. At present, these lands are used as grassland or forest exploits for livestock. The population of the Region of Pamplona is also dedicated to leisure, both on foot and by bike.
According to the News Journal, the mayor of Berrioplano (Navarre Suma) has relied on the report prepared by the municipal secretariat to reject the request of the military. The report consists of four areas of the Government of Navarre: the Community Land Section, the strategy and regional planning, the environment and the historical memory.
In addition, the City Council report has shown that this is a matter of ownership of the land on which the works are intended, since the military say that they are owned by them and the City Hall considers that the current register clearly shows that the land belongs to several municipal entities.
