No 943 Monday 31st October - Sunday 6th November 2022
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hursday saw the work begin in earnest on the new leisure area in the Port of Torrevieja, a private initiative that is being built in Paseo del Mar. The project was finally able to get underway following the recent opening of the new fish market.
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Bulldozers began to tear down buildings previously used by the fishing fleet, erected in the 1960s, where fishermen, from the small boats and trawlers, would spread and mend their fishing gear. Excavation has also begun of the underground car park which will have two floors with a capacity of 650 parking spaces, in the area between the new fish market and the old uncovered car park. The leisure area will have 8,500 square metres of gross leasable area, distributed among 27 premises with cinemas, bowling alley and restaurant franchises distributed in six two-storey buildings, connected by walkways, with terraces and viewpoints to the bay. The concession as a whole totals 18,000 square metres and will in turn be connected to the cantilever promenade of the Levante dock, whose renovation work is still pending tender by the City Council. There will only be trading units if they are linked to a nautical activity, according to the restriction placed by the Generalitat’s Port Authority. In the old fish market, the operators dismantled the popular El Isla kiosk, which will be relocated by the access to the new fish market, next to the factory that provides ice for the boats. A company that offers tourism fishing experiences will also be accommodated in an area by the access to the same facility. The leisure centre will be called "Paseo del Mar" and will have 8,500 meters of premises for rent. In the coming days, a company of specialists will begin the work of removing the asbestos-cement roof of the old fish market buildings, to carry out its demolition. In recent months, the old Customs building has also been refurbished, and now looks likely to house staff from the Tax Agency, the ports authority and a Civil Guard checkpoint.
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