ISSUE 092 - Friday 3rd May 2019
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Underground, underwater and under threat of closure
THE Spanish media have reported that a block of Javea apartments where four women almost drowned during the Easter floods are under investigation by the Town Hall. The Monty’s apartments on Tamarits de l’Arenal consist of 14 small rooms at basement level. Following the severe storms of April 21 and 22 these flooded up to their roofs, terrifying occupants such as Maite, Estela, Maria and Ramona, four Spanish women who travelled down from Castellon for the Easter break. They ended up fearing for their lives as the floodwater rose but thankfully managed to evacuate their rooms. To further their misery they then had to wait for three hours on a terrace before a rescue vehicle evacuated them to the makeshift shelter at Portal del Clot. Allegedly the apartments have no disabled access or fire
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extinguishers, bars on the windows and, critically, are below ground level in an area known to be prone to flooding - as the unlucky tourists found out to their cost. It is reported that the accommodation was never fully legal and have in fact had a demolition order against them for years which the owner has ignored. However following
the recent incident Town Planning Councillor Isabel Bolufer has said they are investigating the matter urgently and “technicians are looking into the costs of the demolition”. The owner of these apartments has spent time in jail for his confessed involvement in the notorious Lliber scandal, involving the bribing of a local politician to obtain building permits on green belt land.