Shopping Centre grant for Torrevieja

the secretary of state for trade, within the recovery, transformation and resilience Plan financed by the european Union, has awarded a grant of 1,530,892 euros to the torrevieja city council to go ahead with an ‘open shopping centre’. the money has been awarded as part of an initiative to encourage competitiveness, innovation and modernisation of the urban commercial area of torrevieja.

the news was announced by the councillor for commerce and hospitality, rosario Martínez, who stressed that the project has five basic elements. in terms of digital transformation, 287,000 euros will be used to develop a market place and the installation of digital billboards. transformation of the point of sale, with a budget of 427,000 euros will see the installation of automated ticket offices for the collection and return of online orders, universal accessibility to shops and the placement of sunshade awnings in the pedestrian streets of the open shopping center. the third element is related to sustainability, with an allocation of 394,000 euros. this includes the purchase of zero-emission vehicles, installation of solar lighting in public furniture and the creation of new landscaped, accessible, and pet-friendly rest areas. the implementation of the open shopping centre has also been with a generic 533,000 euros.

Working together within this open shopping centre and, hand-in-hand with the main associations of the city sector, aPYMeco, the association of hospitality companies of torrevieja and comarca and the merchants of La Plasa, it is intended that the commercial offer of the city becomes a benchmark across the Vega Baja and the Province of alicante. the councillor of commerce confirmed that this week a period of public consultation and participation will be opened, and interviews will be carried out with more than 60 selected city establishments to assess the form of management that will be chosen. the proposal presented by the torrevieja city council has been delivered ahead of Valencia or Barcelona, also being the second best valued technological project in the Valencian community.