"Siete Tazas" declared a National Park

TALCA.- After more than a year of effort, authorities belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture, National Goods, the Regional Government, the National Forest Corporation (CONAF), the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) and the National Tourism Service (SERNATUR), have published in the Diario Oficial the Supreme Court decree to convert “Radal Siete Tazas” into a National Park , the first of its kind in the region and the 33rd in the nation.
 
According to the periodical “El Centro”, the Governor of the Maule Region, Fernando Coloma, stated that the news was very significant for the region, since the decision represents an additional 4,138 hectares that will now be recognized as National Park land.

Coloma pointed out that, in light of the triumph, a renovation process will begin on the road leading to the area, mainly between Tres Esquinas and Las Trancas, paving an area of approximately 17.4 kilometers.
 
The remaining 30 kilometers of the road will be proposed for further development in 2009 with the goal of having “a first rate thoroughfare leading to the park”.