No 968 Monday 24th - Sunday 30th April 2023
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REOPENING OF AGUAMARINA WA L K WAY A U T H O R I S E D B Y C O S TA S
“The Orihuela City Council must first reach an expropriation agreement with the Bellavista community of owners.” he Provincial Coastal Service has finally authorised the reopening by the Orihuela Council of the passage that connects the Aguamarina pedestrian path with La Caleta in Cabo Roig, which was closed by the Council in December 2021 in compliance with a court ruling.
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The closure forced pedestrians to take a detour of two kilometres to pass around the section of only 60 meters in order to reach the beach, or to continue along the coastal walkway, causing hundreds of complaints from residents and holidaymakers alike. The authorisation comes after councillor Ángel Noguera, who was dismissed from his council position just last weekend by the mayoress, Carolina Gracia, submitted a request to reopen the promenade next to the Bellavista urbanisation last January, subject to expropriating the land from its owners. In February the Provincial Service sent the Council's request to the Ministry of Territorial Policy, Public Works and Mobility, with their support, and a few days later the Ministry granted authorisation for the connection to be reestablished. The Provincial Service has now said that the action be carried out within a maximum period of one year from last March. However, sources from the government team explain that the project must first go through the plenary session and then an expropriation agreement made with the community of owners.
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