Another Environmental Barbarity by the PP

Los Verdes of Orihuela consider that it is totally unacceptable that on the 3rd March 2009 the ruling PP government team assigned the plot of land registered as I-EQ-1 within the PAU-26 Sector 2 “Los Almendricos” of Orihuela Costa, to UTE-SUFI-LIASUR-GOBANCAST, the new company which won the contract for the collection, treatment, transport and elimination of urban rubbish within the Orihuela Municipality, to enable the construction of an Eco-park and associated services, including buildings, on the parcel of land, in accordance with clause 8 of the conditions of the contract.

The facility (Eco-park) will occupy an area of approximately 15,000 sq. mtrs. of which 1,500 will be used for buildings, including storage and offices.


The plot (I-EQ-1) is located on the border of the Entre Golf housing complex, between it and the AP-7 Motorway with only the width of a road between it and the residential housing!


Los Verdes respect the value of this wooded area, shown in the attached photographs, which is in front of a substantial housing estate, as an accustic barrier, because of its geographical layout and the height of the trees, against the traffic noise from the AP-7 Motorway. Its industrial use (Eco-park) would necessitate the removal of the trees and alteration of the lie of the land. This would be detrimental to the wellbeing of the residents of the area.

The nuisance effects of the construction and subsequent continual daily operation of the Eco-park (noise, traffic movement and the volume of large vehicles, fumes, rubbish) on the residents of the area, some as close as 50 metres to the complex, will be detrimental to their quality of family life. Within a distance of less than 75 metres of the proposed industrial developement is a childrens recreation park with seating area!

Likewise it must also be taken into consideration that the adjacent plot of land, some 15,517 sq mtrs, which is the designated green zone of PAU 3 (exchanged with PAU-26), is being illegally used as a transition point for rubbish by the current company Colsur SL. This area is already devoid of trees, and the environment destroyed, and therefore more readily available to be used as the Eco-park complex if it really has to go in this area.


Therefore Los Verdes request the Council that an exchange is made between the use of the two plots of land, in that the PAU-26 area is used for the Eco-park and that the parcel I-EQ-1 is designated as a green zone to avoid another disaster for the environment. At least by leaving this plot in it's natural state it would it would act as a protective shield between the homes and the Eco-park!