No 1090 Monday 25th August - Sunday 1st September 2025
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Playa Flamenca project occupies 11,000 m2 near Cañada de la Mosca despite EU flood-risk warnings A new tourist housing development in Playa Flamenca has taken over 11,000 square metres of land in the natural valley of the Cañada de la Mosca and Toro ravines, dramatically reducing the drainage capacity of one of Orihuela Costa’s most fragile waterways. Although the project holds all the required municipal and regional permits, it narrowly skirts the geomorphological risk zones established in 2015 by the Territorial Action Plan against Flood Risk (Patricova). The plans, based on the outdated 1990 General Urban Development Plan, have allowed construction to proceed despite growing evidence of climate vulnerability on the Mediterranean coast. A Funnel for Floodwaters Urban planners and environmental experts warn that by raising the ground level with massive earth fills and narrowing the natural valley, the development creates a dangerous funnel effect.
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