Unviable country: On July 9, the Municipality intends to increase by 50% the Road Tax paid by producers to maintain roads.

Producers in 9 de Julio have been battered by floods for 10 months now. Most of the rural roads remain underwater and they have not been able to remove the previous harvest or plant the next one. Therefore, after living in inhumane conditions throughout this year, they know that they will also have a difficult 2026 economically. Far from seeking ways to reverse this grim diagnosis, the Municipality of 9 de Julio is only adding fuel to the fire, as it is proposing an increase of no less than 50% in the Road Maintenance Fee to be charged to producers next year. With this increase, which is even above inflation, it does nothing but tighten the noose around the neck of the productive sector. What is happening in one of the two districts (along with Carlos Casares) that are the epicenter of the water emergency is pathetic: Focused on next year's collection, the municipality wants to charge a higher road fee for a road network that is still underwater. It sounds unbelievable, but that ...