Jávea proposes use of municipal land land near the canal de
la Fontana as a dry dock. Xàbia’s
Town Planning department is currently studying the proposals put
forward by the “Marina Nou Fontana” company for the management of the Canal de la Fontana
and its moorings. In this context,
the town has mooted the possibility of letting the company lease a
3,500m municipal plot of land next
to the canal for some of its buildings, and provide space for the
creation of dry docks. The rent for
this land would go to Xàbia’s coffers, not the regional Government,
and the facility could help reduce
prices for users through the economy of scale. From XAD:
Xàbia restores Montgó lime
kilns The summer forest fire on the
Montgó uncovered several old rural lime kilns, which were used up
until the ‘60’s to make the lime and
mortar used for building. These
kilns are now being restored by
a team supervised by the municipal archaeologist, Ximo Bolufer,
and various information boards
about their uses and history will
be installed. As explained Bolufer
there are several of these buildings throughout the municipality,
but “almost always away from the
urban centres” e.g. in Las Planas
or Granadella, the ovens needed
to be near wood and limestone.
From XAD: Xàbia recuperar
‘Expat networks worsen Spain’s
brain drain’. Spain’s central bank
has warned that more and more
Spanish talent is being steered
abroad by the success of their expat counterparts and the reassurance they’re giving them on online platforms, “a potential threat
to Spain’s economic production”.
Online comments and conversations with Spanish expats working abroad are instigating many
more qualified but unemployed
Spaniards to take the leap of faith.
According to The Bank of Spain,
Spanish work migrants “are younger and more educated than those
who stay”. “A dramatic increase in
Spain’s brain drain could exacerbate the effects of the crisis,” the
document states. For full story
see: The local.es
Spain: a nation of sun, soccer,
bullfights — and the crisis. The
economic crisis has officially joined
bulls, soccer and sunny weather
as one of the most common images of Spain in the minds of foreigners. The finding is part of the Image Barometer survey conducted
by the Real Instituto Elcano think
tank and released on Wednesday.
The poll asked people in 10 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia
and the Maghreb region of Africa
what they thought about Spain…
European countries – particularly Germany, France and Britain
– view Spain as a poor country
and, along with South Korea, expressed the least optimism about
its economic progress. for full story
see: El Pais in English
The country’s global image rating
was 6.9 points out of 10, a slight
improvement from 2012, when it
was 6.5.
Walk or cycle safely to school.
Xàbia’s councillors for Citizen
Participation and Education have
presented the project ‘Camins Escolars’ to schools of Javea and
representatives of parents’ associations. The idea is to enable
children to walk or cycle safely
to school, without having to be
picked up by their parents. They
are now is working on the technical side, studying the most recommen ded routes for their security inputs, such as the presence
of police at crossings and a good
system of pedestrian ways. They
will also have to limit traffic around
some schools to increase safety
and eliminate bottlenecks. There
will first be a pilot project. from Las
Provincias - Xàbia implantará...
Tax authorities discover around
19,000 illegal buildings in 45 Valencia municipalities. The first
phase of regularising property values has revealed some 19,000
cases of illegal constructions in
the Valencian community. These
range from houses built on private
plots, extra apartments in existing
apartment blocks, unlicensed renovations and swimming pools. This
exercise has been carried out since
last March using aerial photography and inspections in the ground.
So far only 12 municipalities have
been inspected in Alicante Province - one of which is Denia with
8232 infringements. The exercise
will result in increased IBI receipts
for affected municipalities. From
Las Provincias:”Hacienda detecta cerca de 19.000…” (Ed’s note:
Javea is not on the list …yet!)
Guided tours of Montgó beehives Xàbia’s Department of Agriculture is bringing the world of beekeeping to the people, providing
the opportunity to visit beehives in
the Montgo Natural Park with beekeeper Francisco Cervera . The
free tours will take place between
10am - 1.00pm) and are open to
both adults and children. You can
register with the agricultural section of Creama or the Citizens
Advice Bureau (OAC) or phone
965 794 266 to organize visiting
groups. From XAD: Agricultura....
Study highlights Javea and Denia beaches at risk through climate change. The Hydrographic
Cofederation of the Xùqer (Ministry of the Environment) has produced a pessimistic study which
identifies the Marina Alta beaches
as an area of high flood risk due to
global warming. The area of high
risk stretches from Els Poblets to
Moraira. There is a possibility that
the sea level will rise by 20 cm
over the next 35 years. According
to the IPCC report, the sea level
rise could be 86-96 cm. From: Marina Plaza. From XAD:Los Vecinos