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CostaBlancaPeople 8th October - 14th October 2024
8TH OCTOBER - 14TH OCTOBER 2024 - EDITION 1064
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La Hoya developer to finish abandonded Alto de la Casilla Park
The developer responsible for the works on the Hoya de Torrevieja urbanisation is to also take on the completion of the green area of the Mirador del Alto de la Casilla park. The project for this park, which covers some 14,000 square metres, was promoted exclusively by a municipal initiative two decades ago, without being linked to the
urban area in which it is located, which falls under the La Hoya sector. Therefore, the builder is obliged to comply with the development of this green area within the scope of one of the largest urban development plans in the country. The urbanisation is 1.8 million square meters with capacity for more than
7,400 homes and one hundred thousand square meters for commercial use. The developer (made up mainly of Corpic, Eurovilllas del Mar and TM Grupo Inmobiliario) will adapt the park for a conventional green area. However, it is the City Council that is not very clear about how it wants to resolve the adaptation of the park, beyond taking advantage, now, of the fact that the developer must take over that responsibility. The park was another of the many personal projects promoted by the then mayor Pedro Hernández Mateo. The idea promoted in his 1999 electoral programme, involved, first of all, using thousands of tons of rubble dumped in the adjacent ravine of Torreblanca to raise a viewing platform above the ground and support it between concrete walls. Supposedly with a design in the shape of a boat. This is a plot of land with no
residential interest located between Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas and the N-332, in a corner and has little access, between roads, although it has unbeatable views of the La Mata lagoon and the sea. The original works were halted when they were in the final phase and the company awarded the contract won several lawsuits for compensation against the City Council. For years the site was abandoned. In 2015 a thorough cleaning and fencing was carried out and it ended up being used on a restricted basis as a transfer plant for algae and irregular pruning. This use was intensified and continued until 2022 with the daily passage of garbage trucks and heavy vehicles. At that time the Generalitat opened a serious sanction file for non-compliance with waste and environmental legislation.
Torrevieja Council has indicated that talks are underway with the developer to carry out the project, in addition to requesting sectoral reports from the Ministry of Mobility and the Generalitat Valenciana. This is because the green zone would affect the N-332, which at that point must be doubled, also with access branches to the auditorium and the private hospital and the adjacent residential area. The Generalitat is also involved because the green space is located in the impact buffer zone of the natural park of the lagoons of Torrevieja and La Mata.
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