La Linea's dream to benefit from the building of 'the Northern access of the joint use Gibraltar airport' is becoming a nightmare, with the land on which that structure would be built enmeshed in a never-ending legal row. The present mayoress of La Linea Gemma Araujo reacted yesterday by accusing two former majors of the land row. She accused others of not meeting a payment plan for the payment of 4 million euros said to be owed to a La Linea family over a plot of land, and the previous mayor of having used the land as a guarantee. But with the situation getting more complicated by the day, the likelihood has emerged that the land adjacent to the frontier meant for the airport connection may now be seized by affected party. With accusations and counter-accusations flying about, the situation is now being described as very serious. "We want to pay," said the mayoress," but how do we pay?" As is known, the La Linea municipality does not have funds even to pay its own workers, who have not received their wages for severtal months. There is talk of a repayment agreement entered into by the previous mayor of 37,000 euros monthly which appartently has not been met.Also included was a percentage of the expected income for the land use connected with the airport. It is being alleged that this debt is just one of many others going through tribunals affecting the municipality which total 45 million euros.
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