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wo towers of 82 metres high are being proposed for a front line position just off Acequión beach. The ‘Torres Sinforosa’ would be situated on the first line of the coast and it will be down to Torrevieja town council to approve or reject the application. The planning application no longer has to receive authorisation at other levels due to a modification of the Valencian urban legislation that allows a more straightforward, fast track procedure. The application states that the two towers, located between Gregorio Marañon and Doña Sinforosa park will be 26 floors high and have 760 metres as their base. Fifty percent of the accommodation is planned to be used as a threestar hotel. The promoter of the towers is Baraka and they argue that there will be no environmental problem as a result of their construction. They claim that this will not affect the Acequión water channel which supplies the salt lake. Concerns have been raised about the impact they could have on one of Torrevieja’s oldest parts of the town and on the scenic impact on the bay and its beach. The application has been drafted by the lawyers, Sánchez Butrón and the architect Jesús Madrid Quesada and can be seen on the municipal website. The company intends to invest 100 million euros in the project. Allegedly, the publication of the plans on the
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TWO SKYSCRAPERS PROPOSED FOR TORREVIEJA
Tuesday, 13th - 19th June 2017
town hall site have come as something of a surprise, even to Councillor Fanny Serrano. She claims only to have received a request so far for demolition of the buildings already on the plot. It is believed that the current local government are not in favour of schemes such as this but they are required to process the application. Suzanne O’Connell
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