No 754 Monday 25th February - Sunday 3rd March, 2019 Tel: 637 227 385
THE HIDDEN FACE OF THE ORIHUELA COSTA While the Orihuela Costa continues to attract retirees and visitors to the region in their thousands, as they come to enjoy the award winning beaches and some of the very best golf courses in Europe, there is another side to the municipality, one that is kept well away from the glossy magazines, brochures, web-
sites and tourist information materiel that draws the potential residents and tourists to the area, a face that is not quite so idyllic. Orihuela Costa Associations warn of 81 abandoned sites
Resident’s Associations that are working on behalf of the inhabitants of the coast, that of cleanliness, waste disposal and the abandonment of countless green areas, many of them actually owned by the local council.
It is nevertheless a face that is emphasised time and time again to the municipal government by any one of a number of
The Federation of Associations of Orihuela Costa (FAOC), which represents the largest number of coastal residents, has car-
ried out a thorough study, during which it has found a total of 81 plots of land that are lying completely abandoned and where the City Council is failing to comply with its own ordinance, which obliges the owners, at the very least to fence and keep the plots clean. Continued on Page 2