The City Council opens the urban park on Marina Alta Avenue to the public after an investment of more than 310,000 euros

This Tuesday, Benidorm City Council opened the new urban park that has been built on Marina Alta Avenue, in the La Cala area, after an investment of 310,559.33 euros. This infrastructure, included in the Participatory Budgets proposals, has allowed the “landscape improvement of a semi-forest public space that was not in its best condition and in which we have invested just over 300,000 euros so that citizens of all ages can now enjoy it.” ages”, as highlighted by the mayor of Benidorm, Toni Pérez.

The first councillor visited this new public space together with the councillors of Citizenship Participation and Parks and Gardens, Ana Pellicer and José Ramón González de Zárate, other councillors of the local government and members of the Neighborhood Council, from whom the proposal initially came through of Participatory Budgets.

There, Toni Pérez explained that the works have been developed on a municipal plot that covers an area of 3,200 square meters, on which "a large children's play area, an 'agility' area for pets and another with machines have been set up." bio-healthy, all of this together with a garden space that will undoubtedly become a meeting point for neighbours and visitors in a very short time.”

Likewise, Toni Pérez highlighted that “this type of action is what makes the neighborhood and the city”; and has reaffirmed “the City Council's commitment to continue providing services and green spaces to all areas of Benidorm, just as we have done in projects such as El Moralet, Séquia Mare and many others that thousands enjoy daily. of neighbours.”

The mayor and the councillors responsible for the two areas that have been involved in this project have supervised the final state of the work. The Councilor for Parks and Gardens, José Ramón González de Zárate, explained that they have also included the fencing of the entire plot, selective clearing, a layout to execute the paths, the installation of new public lighting, the planting of grass natural, the installation of a drip irrigation system, the installation of children's and bio-healthy games, safety pruning in the existing pine trees, as well as the installation of a cushioning pavement to mitigate the impacts of possible falls by children in some areas, mainly.

For her part, the councillor of Citizenship Participation has highlighted that this new park is very close to La Cala Health Centre, the CDT and La Cala and El Murtal public schools. “The decision was made to clean up this area and create a public park for the use and enjoyment of residents and visitors because we believed that it was an infrastructure that was greatly needed in this area where there are a large number of residents and public services,” according to Pellicer. Likewise, the councillor has also highlighted the importance that the local government gives to Participatory Budgets “because it is one more tool to improve the city, which emanates directly from our neighbours and to which we generally allocate more than 5% planned in the municipal investment chapter for this section.”