The renewal of the Paseo del Arenal in Javea, part of the Plan Confianza, will be postponed until after the summer, as the project was suffering too many delays and there was no guarantee that it would be finished before the summer season.
In response to questions by the PP, the Mayor, Jose Chulvi, informed the councillors at Thursday's regular plenary session that the tender application process was taking far longer than expected and that initial deadlines set by the Regional Department of Infrastructure could not be met. It was revealed that the delays implied that the start of the renovation would be delayed until April with a projected duration of some four months.
Given that no one could guarantee that the works would be completed before the beginning of the crucial summer season, the council felt that there was no alternative but to seek a postponement of the work until after the summer season. The business association in the Arenal has been informed of the decision, its members being those who would be directly affected by the renovation project, and it has agreed that to ensure a smooth holiday season, it was better to postpone the work until October.
The mayor stressed that, since taking office last year, has sent numerous letters to both for he Regional Department of Tourisma and of Infrastructure tourism and the Conselleria de Infraestructuras to stress the importance of this project to the overall tourist image of Javea and that the work should not interfere with the summer season. For this reason, Chulvi believes that people in charge in the regional administration would be willing to accept a postponement, as was indicated by recent meetings.
In addition, without the pressure of a tight deadline, the project would be able to incorporate several improvements that have been proposed by the local council.
Board of Tourism
In regular plenary session of the Town Council held last Thursday, several issues were authorized. Among them was the appointment of the members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Board of Tourism, those being: Nieves Montesi (Director of the Parador), Antonio Hernandez (tour operator), Santiago Thevenet (filmmaker) and member of the Spanish Film Academy, Angel Ballester (of the administration of the Tossalet urbanization) and José Antonio Rodriguez (real estate businessman). The decision was approved by the team in government (PSOE, Xàbia Democratic and Ciudadanos por Javea) team, as well as the PP and the councillors of the Non-Adscribed Group. The Bloc-Centristes Coalition abstained.
