The plenary session of the Calpe City Council held today decided to amend the city's traffic regulation regulating parking with time limits in order to introduce measures that benefit both residents and neighbours.
This leads to improvements such as the 20-minute minimum rate, the cheaper weekly ticket or the exemption from payment for vehicles with "0 emissions" environmental badge. On the other hand, after various meetings of the Mayor and the City Council delegate with the Association of Business Owners, it was agreed that dealers in areas affected by limited parking may have up to a maximum of 8 parking cards for their company vehicles and employees.
Another innovation is the creation of a mixed orange zone in the old town from 1 May to 31 October, with a uniform tariff of between 18 and 21 hours. The idea is to make parking easier during working and business hours, but to limit it in the afternoon.
Although the parking service is not yet operational at the end of the concession period, it is intended to adopt the new regulation used for the new service contract. The new contract will be concluded in the coming months.
Renovation of Club Social la Manzanera
Another point raised in today's plenary session was the company's commitment to carry out the rehabilitation work of the former Club Social la Manzanera and the renewal of the waterfront promenade that runs between these facilities and La Manzanera Bay with a pedestrian walkway.
In 2017, the General Directorate of the Coastal Zone granted the city the concession to carry out the works and both projects are in progress; the project has already been quantified: the renovation of the Club Social will cost 585,000 euros and the renovation of the promenade and the construction of the pedestrian bridge 680,000 euros.
According to Juan Manuel del Pino, City Councillor for Urban Planning, it is "urgent to conclude the contract. It must be avoided that the area decays until the rehabilitation is no longer possible". In this context, Defendamos Calpe has said that "it is not a priority work, there are more urgent and necessary initiatives in the municipality, and we do not know for which the Club Social La Manzanera is intended".
For its part, Compromís per Calp has confirmed that "the investment is necessary, but we do not agree with the way the works are financed, because they are approved in La Calalga heights to finance the works". The PSOE Group has also said that the works are not urgent; "furthermore, in this year's budget there is an investment for it, but nothing has been done so far".
In conclusion, the Mayor, Ana Sala, said that "in 2011, the General Directorate of the Coasts asked the city to act or demolish in the Club Social de la Manzanera; therefore, the project is a priority for the current City Council and we want to keep the building".
Decisions
All municipal groups supported the Socialist Party´s proposal for the International Day against Violence against Women, and Noelia Císcar, Councilwoman for Equality, presented the events planned for this day in Calpe. With regard to Compromís per Calp's proposal to initiate a cadastral audit in the municipality, it has been decided since 1996 to suspend the debate and to request a study on the consequences of this increase in the cadastre for the citizens of Calpe.
The decision of the Defendamos Calpe Group to condemn the Mayor for the opinions expressed on her personal social networks about the current President of the Government was adopted with the votes of the entire opposition and abstentions of the Ciudadanos Group. Ciudadanos proposed to "leave this kind of remarks in the personal sphere". The Mayor noted that "these are statements made in a personal capacity and cannot restrict freedom of expression".
The Defendamos Calpe Group's proposal was also adopted to set up a place where leaf and pruning waste could be deposited. The mayor has already announced that the new waste collection contract already provides for the creation of an eco-park and particularly a composting plant.
Two proposals by the Popular Party were also adopted: one to combat the tiger mosquito plague and the other to praise the work of the security forces in Catalonia.