The Regional Government's Department of Infrastructure, Planning and the Environment has begun a road renewal plan for Javea that has been included in the Plan Confianza.
The project, which will cost some 2.5 million euros and has a deadline for completion of five months, will look to improve road surfaces in different areas of the municipality, including the Old Town, and the Port, as well as urbanisations on the Montgó, Balcon al Mar and Portitxol. The work will range from spot repairs to complete surfacing in places where none exists with the aim of improving urban quality and aesthetics as well as comfort for drivers and pedestrians.
Mayor José Chulvi said that the plan meets an important need for a municipality that covers some 68 square kilometres by improving the safety conditions in sections that are currently badly damaged and that require urgent action. On behalf of the Council, Chulvi thanked the regional department's "excellent treatment, care and harmony" in preparing the project, as well as another of paramount importance to Jávea, which is the renovation of the Arenal promenade.
Vicente Dómine, director general of Public Works, Housing and Urban Projects confirmed that proposed tenders from companies interested in carrying out work for the Arenal project will be opened on Monday 9th January and that he hoped that, "work would start soon afterwards." Victoriano Sánchez, Regional Secretary for Infrastructure, added that work should start in the first quarter of 2012 and would result in "something that we will all feel proud". Sánchez defined Javea as a "landmark town" of the Valencia region and one of its foremost tourist attractions." The senior regional official stressed that, "Javea deserves the Arenal promenade to be a flagship for tourism."
In attendance at the official launch of the works were Juan de Dios Navarro, the new Consell delegate to Alicante, as well as local councillors Paco Torres, Oscar Anton, Pere Sapena, Doris Courcelles, Juan Luis Cardona, Juan Jose Castello, Rosa Cardona and Toni Sebastia.
