Denia for sport

DENIA is getting a new, €12 million sports hall, which will be built on a 6,500­squaremetre plot of land alongside the municipal sports centre.

THE free bus service between Teulada town centre and Moraira’s beaches will be back for Easter week. The service will run from April 5 to 19, (both inclusive). There will be six round trips a day at the same times as last year’s services to the beach (three in the morning and three in the afternoon).

EVERY child has the right to grow up in an environment where they feel safe and secure, have access to basic services and clean air and water, can play, learn and grow and where their voice is heard and matters. So says UNICEF, which is why associations in Teulada Moraira are being asked to help to renew its certification as a UNICEF Child­Friendly City and a series of meetings have taken place with agents for children and adolescents.

The council has explained the actions it has carried out for children and teens, and those representing each group have contributed their ideas to the five objectives of the plan, which is represented by a multicoloured hand. It has also been confirmed that the town fulfils the requirements to obtain certification.

Verónica Martínez at the department for Children and Adolescents highlighted the importance of the meeting and called local associations to contribute their ideas and suggestions.

“This is a unique opportunity for the community to participate in the creation of a realistic, committed plan,” she said.

There will be a large central court with three transversal courts. There will also be fixed and extendible seating with space for 2,500 spectators, changing rooms, a concierge, offices, storerooms for equipment, a climbing area, rooms for sports clubs and lavatories, and possibly a warming up gym and a rock ­ climbing wall.

The courts will be fitted out to host basketball, football seven, handball, five­aside football, and gymnastics tournaments, among others. Additional outdoor courts will also be built. The budget allocated is almost €12 million , and the work should be complete within 20 months.

According to the mayor, recent improvements to sports facilities all over Denia have already benefited 1,980 boys and girls, with an investment of €650,000 by the town hall.

These have included upgrades and repairs to the facilities themselves and sustainability actions such as installing LED floodlights and installing automatic irrigation systems to maintain turf, as well as repairing lavatories and replacing sports equipment.

The town’s mayor, Raúl Llobell, said that “in light of the success of this initiative, and as we promised at the time, the free bus service will run again this Easter Week, because we understand that people need it.”

The bus runs from Teulada Town Hall Square to outside the Espai la Senieta Moraira Building, calling at Playa del Portet, Playa del les Platgetes, Cala de l’Andragó beaches.