Construction on the golf course remains ongoing(ATR) State prosecutors would like progress on the Rio de Janeiro Olympic golf course to be stopped.
Wednesday night, State of Rio de Janeiro prosecutors released a legal brief saying that proposals from the city and course developers to reduce environmental impact were "laughable."
Prosecutors believe that the environmental license granted to the city needs to be corrected, and to do so construction much be halted, according to a report from the Associated Press
The lawsuit concerning the golf course has been ongoing for two months. State prosecutors believe that the course in Barra da Tijuca is encroaching on an environmental preserve, and that the course design much be altered to accommodate this.
"Even the eventual possibility of not fulfilling the deals and contracts with the Olympic committee must not supersede the need to preserve the environment," the legal brief said reported by the Associated Press.
"Breaking the contracts will only bring about eventual fines while the environmental damage, through the destruction of an important ecosystem, will never be repaired."
A spokesperson for the city of Rio de Janeiro told Around the Rings that despite the delays in a ruling, work has been "ongoing," and the city would not comment further until the judge has made a decision.
"The city hall is still waiting for a response from the judge, but the construction works have not been suspended," the spokesperson confirmed.
The result of the lawsuit has been delayed while city officials, course developers, environmentalists and state prosecutors have been negotiating a solution. A decision is expected to come in December.
Media reports in Rio de Janeiro say the course is about "70 percent" completed, with developers rushing to complete laying down grass before the growing season begins.
Golf will return to the Olympics in 2016 for the first time since 1904, and a test event is scheduled in August 2015.
Written by Aaron Bauer
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