€22 million for La Manga

TERESA RIBERA, the Minister for Ecological Transition announced the allocation of €22 million to renaturalise the Caleta del Estacio in the Mar Menor.

The plan is to dismantle the abandoned facilities of the Puerto Mayor (big port) project, which was intended to be the largest marina in the Mediterranean and will environmentally restore the Caleta del Estacio.

This failed project was due to have more than 900 moorings at the entrance of the Estacio channel from the Mediterranean in La Manga.

The aggressive urban project, which was also planned to include hotels and another golf course, was paralysed after the intervention of Greenpeace, ANSE, and the Minister for Environment and finally a court ruling. This new project to renaturalise the area includes restoration of the dunes, the elimination of invasive species, and