ASdTorrevieja Information - tourist guide: Torrevieja new fairground and marketplace

Torrevieja new fairground and marketplace
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Keith Nicol on 31 August, 2010 01:40:00

Monday 30 August 2010 was the final day for tenders to be submitted by
interested parties to construct the new Fairgrounds, Concert area, car parks and
market zone for Torrevieja.

This work is part of the Special Plan to Support Investment Productive
Municipalities of the Comunidad Valenciana (Plan Trust) and promoted by the
Generalitat.
The budget for the Faorgrounds, which shall be relocated from the Harbour zone,
is one of 1,672,682 euros and shall include ample car parking facilities. The
mayor of Torrevieja, Pedro Hernandez Mateo highlighted the suitability of this
new area for fairs and concerts and said “at present the fairground in
Torrevieja and the popular May Sevillanas Fair is performed in the port area, a
place that has been totally inadequate because of it’s small size and surface
area.”
A substantial budget of 5,328,885 euros  has also been offered for the
construction of a large Market Precinct. Torrevieja’s Friday market, the
largest Friday market in Spain is very popular with local residents who can walk
to the market with ease but it’s location, primarily on side streets has
become an activity that Mateo Hernandez states is “incompatible with the
development of the city.”
It is predicted that the work shall take between 12-18 months to complete. The
mayor of emphasized that implementation of these works will give an important
boost to employment in the city of Torrevieja, in a time of grave economic
crisis, adding that the construction will be able to generate over 1,500 jobs.
Keith Nicol