THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 3033 Issue No. 1994
21 - 27 September 2023
COSTA BLANCA NORTH • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
THE La Nucia Government Board has officially granted a construction permit, marking the initiation of a wave pool project for surf ing in the town. The construction of the pool and an artificial beach is scheduled to commence at the end of October. Ac cording to Cano, Wavegar den Construction Company is considering a timeline that aims to complete the first of the two lagoons within one year, enabling it to be operational by the autumn of 2024. The sec ond lagoon, which finalises the project, is projected to be ready by the summer of 2025. This surfing wave pool will be a pioneering ven ture in Spain, with only one similar facility in all of Europe, located in Switzer land, and lacking the beach feature that the La Nucia facility will offer. The project encompass es a 70,000 square metre wave pool with an artificial sand beach spanning over 5,000 square metres. It will have the capability to gen erate a wave every eight seconds, offering 20 differ ent wave types, some reaching heights of up to 2.5 metres.
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SURF POOL GO-AHEAD
A Wavegarden pool
Wavegarden is investing over €40 million in this pro ject and the feasibility study forecasts an annual user count of 250,000. Mayor Bernabé Cano em phasised that this develop ment will significantly boost tourism and attract athletes to La Nucia, not just from Spain but from all across Europe, stating that it will establish La Nucia as
a global surfing destina tion, even without a natu ral coastline.
The council is also ex pected to grant a license for a dog swimming pool.
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