The legal battle is approaching its end. Cala Mosca, the last virgin kilometre of the Oriola coast, will have no further obstacles to its project to build 2,200 homes.
The Government’s Highway Demarcation has told the Save Cala Mosca association, they have no intention of continuing the fight following the ruling of the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community, which paved the way for the expansion of the urbanisation.
A spokesperson for the central Executive, told the Spanish press that it is not Carretera’s intention to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
It is understood that Cambiemos will now also withdraw from the battle after they made it clear that they would only continue in the fight if it was hand in hand with Madrid.
So now it is only a matter of time until the area, also known as the Alameda del Mar sector, becomes a new residential jungle, with a small microreserve for the protected species of snail and coastal scrub, that initially stopped the construction of the project promoted by the Gomendio group.
The developer has had the approval of the Oriola Plenary since September 2021 and the Governing Board since April of last year, together with a favourable environmental impact report from the Generalitat.
The TSJCV ruling also ordered Carreteras and Cambiemos to pay costs. The government institution must pay 2,000 euros and Cambiemos, who in recent years had championed the cause to save this coastal enclave from concrete,1,000 euros.
The Carreteras and Cambiemos appeals submitted two issues that have plagued the viability of the project with doubts. Carreteras warned that the additional population arriving into the area as a result of the new development would mean an additional traffic saturation problem on the N-332 as it passes through Orihuela Costa, as well as a decrease in acoustic quality. Cambiemos joined the State Agency’s requests and also alleged that the project did not have a favourable report from the state agency.
Cambiemos has also alleged the insufficiency of water resources on the coast already alerted by the company Hidraqua. However, the Oriola coast is pending the construction of a new tank that guarantees that the residents of the coast will not be left without a drinking water supply in a few hours if there is a breakdown in the network, which is currently at 99% of its capacity.
