14-MILLION IN INVESTMENT FOR TORREVIEJA’S INFRASTRUCTURE

Summer's over, vacations have been taken and it's time to go back to work. The construction industry may never return to the levels of five years ago but starting in September, over 14-million euros is due to spent on a number of projects financed by the Valencian Community's Trust Plan.

The major projects will aid different areas of the community and include the start of work on the municipal swimming pools, the opening of Calle Valaro Rosa, resurfacing many of the city's roads, the construction of a new Residence for the Mentally handicapped and work on the Semana Santa Museum.

Once again, Torrevieja leads to way in Valencia by becoming the Vega Baja's first city to offer residential facilities for both the mentally and physically disabled, offering much need amenities for families to allow them some additional resources to help with the care of the disabled. The Mayor of Torrevieja Pedro Hernandez Mateo announced that the budget for the New Home for Physically and Mentally Disabled is 4,630,712 euros with a build time of just 12 months.

The new residence will be located at Avenida Delfina Viudes, next to Public School number. 10 Habaneras, on a plot of 11,152 meters square, funded under the FEIL funding, set up by the Valencian Community to boost the construction industry in the region. The new residence will cater to 100 residents and includes an ‘adapted' gym, kitchen, physiotherapy clinic, swimming pool and gardens.

The mayor also announced that over two and half million euros has been awarded for resurfacing much of the municipality over the next six months. Staying on the area of roads, 897,844 euros has been awarded to link the main Crevillente Road into the Torrettas, with an offshoot from the roundabout at the Habaneras Centre plus the building of a new Municipal Animal centre, at this junction, for 233,089 euros. New street lighting to the value 99,000 euros is planned for the Molino Blanco area.

Recreation is also included in the plan with construction of outdoor municipal pools opposite the Palace de los Deportes "Infanta Cristina", for an investment of 469 850 euros. The plan features a 25 meter pool plus a children's play pool, as well as changing rooms, showers and landscaping.

Under this Trust Plan, the final investment of six-million euros is set aside for the construction of the new Semana Santa Museum on Avda de las Habaneras and is designed by the prestigious architect Javier Alicante
García Solera.