A few days ago, the Local Governing Board agreed to request that the Regional Ministry of the Environment, Infrastructure and Territory urgently convene the Governing Board of Penyal d'Ifac, the body responsible for managing the park, which has not met for years.
At the last Local Governing Board meeting, general discontent was expressed about the state of neglect of the natural park, as well as the need to carry out various actions and address the improvement of the natural environment. The Calpe Town Council has conveyed this discontent to the Regional Ministry of Environment, Infrastructure and Territory so that the appropriate measures can be taken to clean and maintain Penyal d'Ifac.
After confirming that the Governing Board has not met for years and that the park currently has no director to whom the needs and complaints can be conveyed, the Calpe Council is urging the Regional Ministry to convene the board urgently so that the problems posed by the Penyal d'Ifac Natural Park, the most visited in the Valencian Community, can be addressed and resolved.
Last September, the Town Council sent an official letter to the Regional Ministry requesting that the Governing Board be convened as the body that debates and decides on issues relating to the operation and maintenance of the natural park. At that time, the need to install signage on La Pobla and authorisation for the MARQ to create a museum/interpretation centre for La Pobla d'Ifac in the building located within the park itself were already raised. However, the municipal request received no response.
The mayoress, Ana Sala, has pointed out that: "the City Council has conveyed the need for greater involvement; the natural park is the smallest and most visited in the Valencian Community. Although its management is the responsibility of the regional government, we are the ones who suffer the complaints and apathy because we have no governing body to turn to. After two years of the legislature without the governing board being convened to address not only complaints but also needs and possibilities for improvement, we believe that it is urgent to convene it."