The Torrevieja City Council has begun the consultation process for the preparation of a new ordinance, which will earmark the area in the municipal market to be occupied by fairground attractions. The procedure appears on the municipal website but has not been made public.
The Council has committed to move the fairgrounds before the summer. It will be accommodated on a plot of about 15,000 square meters, after the warning by the constructor of the new leisure area, that he could not guarantee the safety of the site on which the attractions were currently located.
This situation has been known to the council for more than a year, but has nevertheless precipitated a series of impromptu decisions, including the suspension of the actual drafting of the project to remodel its “part” of the seafront.
The Fair, market and a stage for large concerts will all use the same area, at least on Fridays this summer. The three activities “fit” on the surface but the capacity for parking and the installation of stalls will be greatly reduced.
Despite not being a “permanent” installation, the funfair in Torrevieja has existed in the same site for decades, moving to make way for other events on occasion, such as the May Fair. There had been an attempt for some years to move the fair to the area near to the water park for some years, always opposed, but now, thanks to the instability of the ground and the construction of the new port area, the fair will finally be moving.
