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A tourist complex of first level that serves to "reactivate" the local tourism and "diversify supply" of the municipality. That is the purpose of installations which Elx businessman Arsenio Gallego (owner of the Hostal Galicia from the El Pinet Beach) is planning to lift in the village of La Marina, specifically in the MR-9 sector. A project that was born several years ago and that yesterday was permanently municipal green light, after the Government team resolved five allegations presented.
Thus announced it yesterday the Mayor of infrastructures and urban, Vicente Granero. After this last municipal process, wetlands of the southern Recreation Area only lacks the authorisation of the Generalitat as a project of interest and community use for to begin the entire process of construction and upgrading of facilities, Granero said. The main obstacle to the complex, as well as setting out an allegation, was its proximity to the natural landscape of the Santa Pola salt flats, but one of the core values of the project will be its "ecological character", remarked the Mayor of town planning.
In the 122,000 square meters that will occupy the complex, you will be free from building more than "50 %" of the surface, said Granero. Space play the conditions of the natural landscape of indigenous "looking the integration of facilities in the area", according to the popular mayor said, and will incorporate an interpretive nature "for the knowledge of the visitors' Centre. The Centre will consist of classroom, Office, warehouse, health services, exhibition hall, services and a common meeting area.
In addition to its ecological value, the complex has another trick to become in a «reference tourist». And it is none other than facilities that have camping with swimming pool, bar, cafeteria, gym, social club, library and sports; a complex of 25 bungalows to rent that complement the offer of the camping plots; and a two-storey with 36 rooms hotel. Its location, next to las Salinas, Santa Pola and near the beaches of El Pinet - La Marina and El Rebollo - the fishing, as well as of the pinewood, it also looks for "recover and put in value" this pedanía of the Elche coast.
Although there is still some way to go and the project will not have free rein until you receive the permission of the Generalitat, the estimated for the complex investment round ten million euros, according to Granero said yesterday. "It is a very important commitment that should serve to encourage tourism but also for the creation of both direct and indirect jobs", added the popular Council.
More supply on the beaches
City Hall hopes that wetlands of the southern Recreation Area will be operational and running "soon", remarked yesterday barn. Because a Mercedes Alonso Government bets, as has repeatedly defended the own mayor, is "provide a greater choice of hotels» Elche coast and its beaches, especially with the construction of resorts and hotels that attract"especially to the Russian tourism, which demand these services and there is no offer in Elche".
In this sense, the rehabilitation of Arenales del Sol hotel is another of the projects 'strong' team of Government popular in this area. In fact undertake this building, currently Some works that will begin as soon as (Group Hotels Benidorm, through its subsidiary Princesol) owners receive the authorization of coasts.
In addition, the Mayor also discards is to build more hotels in the nine miles of coastline Elx. In fact, explained Alonso a few weeks ago, «private has already submitted us several proposals that we are studying», including «more projects to sands» and 'someone else to El Altet and other districts». One of them is the Resort Area recreation wetlands of the South, which, if all goes as planned, will begin construction in early 2013, without a date of opening still marked.