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'Ecobulevar Azul' Torrevieja The new motorway bypass has solved congestion problems and diverted through traffic of heavy goods vehicles from the roads on the coast.These changes provide a good opportunity to restructure the network of tourist installations on the coast of the Vega Baja area by converting the old national road into the 'blue eco-boulevard', linking these places with an area which has undergone rapid uncoordinated development in the past.The blue eco-boulevard would introduce coherence to these haphazard tourist estates. Introducing lacking s ervices a nd diversifying t he a rea by providing work places would increase the quality of life of this area. Such interventions are expected to transform second homes into permanent residences, d iversify t he l ocal e conomy f rom tourism dominance, offer new opportunities and lead to a more balanced demographic structure.

Inland eco-boulevard linking small towns Alcoy, Cocentaina and Muro

The ‘blue’ eco-boulevard rejuvenating the coast line from Torrevieja

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