On 16 May next to La Glea beach, Campoamor, and attended by a large crowd, the Popular Party, supported by C.L.A.R.O, presented its programme for Orihuela Costa and the team for its implementation.
The atmosphere was vibrant and positive. The consensus of opinion polls is that the Popular Party will win the Orihuela municipal election on 28 May and will form the next government. The interest in the programme for Orihuela Costa was therefore heightened.
Since a key element in the programme is the re-establishment of the position in the government of Councillor for the Coast but this time with a budget, the presentation of the team to implement the programme was met with equal interest.
The programme is the most detailed and complete programme for the reform of services and improvement of the quality of life of residents of the coast that has been seen. There are nearly one hundred proposals.
They range from realisation of the much demanded multi-use Cultural Centre in a prominent site close to La Zenia Boulevard with a modern concept Library, facilitating a second Health Centre, construction of the decades awaited footbridge over the AP-7 motorway to ensure the safety of pedestrians at the danger point of Lomas de Cabo Roig, completion of the 16 kilometre continuous coastal path from Punta Prima to Mil Palmeras, to improvement of the maintenance of parks and gardens and road and pavements.
There will be a radical reform of the street cleaning and rubbish removal service which will include an eco park for the deposit of solid waste next to the new site for the Urban street cleaning and rubbish removal work force centre at Pau 26 and improvements in the collection of garden waste.
There have been many apparently attractive programmes for Orihuela Costa from many different political parties in the past. The difference this time is not only that the Popular Party is predicted to head the government after the 28 May election but that there will be a major structural reform in the government of Orihuela Costa.
The Councillor for the Coast to be appointed will be Raul Fernandez a resident of the coast. He will be supported by a team consisting of three people who are on the Popular Party candidate list, all residents of the coast. Most prominent will be Antonio Cerdan, President of C.L.A.R.O. Also of importance is the presence of Sonia Huertas, candidate in 2019 who has worked conscientiously for the coast for the past 4 years.
C.L.A.R.O will campaign for a Popular Party government knowing that the chances of the coast electing even one councillor will be made impossible this year, since Brexit will reduce the previously very important number of British eligible voters. The number of non-Spanish eligible voters in the whole municipality has dropped by 30% to just over 3,000.
With this ambitious development programme, the prospect of governing and a strong and able team of Orihuela Costa residents to implement the programme, C.L.A.R.O is convinced that this election will be a game-changer and that the reforms and improvements for which we have been campaigning for 16 years will at last become a reality.
