Yet another development plan for
the Saladar
Agenda 21
Update
The 97 owners of land in the Saladar
have come up with yet another plan
to develop this area. This time it is
of a “Sports City” comprised of 1000
houses, two luxury hotels, sports
fields and an athletics circuit, backed
by British investors. They have several hurdles to overcome. Firstly, the
area, which is a former wetland, has
been designated a flood prone area
by the regional flood management
plan, PATRICOVA (the owners say
the plan incorporated two large drainage channels which empty near the
southern end of the Arenal beach) ;
secondly it is within 500 metres from
the sea and within the coastal protection zone PATIVEL. Thirdly areas
below sea level are not supposed to
be built on (the owners say the lowest point is 1.72 metres above sea level)…fourthly, the Town hall is against
such macro-urbanisation. From La
Marina Plaza For background to the
story see: Saladar
Xabia promotes itself as a diving
destination
Christine
Betterton Jones
Xàbia will be promoting itself as
an all-year round diving destination
at the FITUR Tourism Fair in Madrid this week along with the Montgó Rock music festival which will
be taking place in May. An elegant
dive guide has been launched under