No 947 Monday 28th November - Sunday 4th December 2022
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ilar de la Horadada is to construct 38,000 square meters of sports, leisure and parking facilities facing the sea in Las Higuericas
Included amongst the facilities will be a car park for 500 vehicles, a concert venue, three beach volleyball courts, two beach football courts, a running circuit, a picnic area and a pump truck circuit. The scheme was announced by the Councillor for Infrastructures, Rufino Lancharro, who described the initiative as an "ambitious" project that "will completely renovate the two municipal plots" in front of Las Higuericas beach. He explained that " it is a project that will be divided into several phases, where we want to promote the area in front of Las Higuericas for sports tourism, leisure for young people and areas of free recreation and healthy sports activities”. Stage one will be introduced at the beginning of next year and will see the tender for the drafting of the project so that we can have an accurate estimate of the costs and the time frame necessary to complete the work, which will be carried out in phases. In addition, we will need authorisation from the Ministry for Ecological Transition, since it is an unurbanised area affected by the Coastal Law. It is anticipated that the complex will be directly managed by the municipality. Included on the 18,000-square-meter plot that is closest to the rambla, located on Calle Catamaran, 16, between Parque Europa and Parque del Alheli, will be an 870-meter running circuit, two beach football courts, three beach volleyball courts, a large area for the storage of water sports equipment, and parking. On the other plot of 20,500 square meters, at Calle Catamarán 20, located between the Parque del Catamarán and the Parque Juan Ramón Jiménez, the old Varadero restaurant will be demolished.
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