Revamp plans Extra parking

BENIDORM Town Hall has created an extra 372 free parking spaces ready for the Easter holidays.

The new places are located inside the unused car park on Avenida Puerto Rico in the Poniente area and will be available until Monday April 10.

The council­owned car park will remain open every day from 9am to midnight to deal with the increased numbers of visitors to the town during the holiday season, with 156 spaces inside the building and another 211 places for cars and 11 for motorbikes and mopeds in an exterior plot that is fully tarmacked and signposted.

Benidorm mayor Toni Pérez explained that the new facilities will enable the council to test the degree of occupation, demand and the hours of greater traffic in order to more accurately plan the future management of the municipal car park.

The new facilities are added to the more than 7,000 existing parking spaces throughout the town.

With the arrival of Easter, Avenida Armada Española has also been reopened to traffic following a series of improvements to the road.