We’re on the money

BENITACHELL has received more than €9 million in grants for new infrastructure over the last four years.

The accumulated amount is significant considering the size of the town and is larger than the yearly municipal budget, which currently sits at €7.5 million.

The financing from the European Union, the Generalitat and Alicante provincial government will be invested in projects such as the Tourism Sustainability Plan, the restora­ tion of the municipal market building and Plaza Pesqueres, renewing the town’s street lighting with low­consumption LED bulbs, the construction of a new school and improving the town square, among many others.

In addition, the municipal coffers will be boosted with other major investments such as the €460,000 paid by the Lady Elisabeth School to build a new roundabout at the entrance to Cumbre del Sol urbanisation.