Akkar-Tripoli Road Blocked to Protest Police Request for Building Licenses
The owners of trucks transporting building material briefly blocked the Akkar-Tripoli road on Monday to protest measures taken by security forces to prevent the illegal delivery of goods to the area, the state-run National News Agency reported.
NNA said the protesters blocked the road near al-Bayader Bakery after Akkar's police station prevented the trucks transporting cement and steel bars lacking the appropriate legal documents to enter the area in an attempt to curb the rise in illegal buildings.
Security forces later reopened the road.
But the owners of the trucks claimed they were not concerned with the decision, saying it wasn't their job to seek evidence whether the construction sites had legal licenses.
They urged the interior ministry to allow municipalities to issue licenses for 120-meter-square construction areas to end the chaos of illegal building.
Lebanon witnessed over the years illegal construction in several areas mainly in the Beirut southern suburb of Ouzai. But powerful politicians shield violators.
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