Orihuela Costa - no public services, no amenities and a dump

[John50]

O/C Must be a massive area ,some saying its great, cleaned regulary,clubs etc.etc.,While others say the complete opposite, are you miles (kilometres if you,re going to be pedantic ) apart from each other ,,you might be living next to each other but not seeing the same things? Spent two years near in torre. near carrefore ,i know where i would prefer to live ,not the UK

The CoastRider - Local, National News

Well, anyone having any doubts should see the whole front page of today's Coastrider newspaper. Apparently the rubbish problems in Orihuela Costa are so bad, they can even be seen from space ! - well according to Los Verdes website !

The news inside doesn't make good reading either. See page 10 - I never knew Los Balcones was part of OC, I thought it was Torrevieja's area.

I guess Los Verdes - The Greens are responsible for knocking a few more percentage points of property values in the area !

Will posters on this forum start shrieking at the Coastrider and/or Los Verdes as they did to the poster who originally flagged this issue on here please ? After all, let's all shoot the messenger and live in denial shall we ?

[koali]

Hey, my part of Orihuela Costa is on page 10 of the Coastrider. can't supply the pictures (KC1 - are they yours ????) but here's the words:

Los Balcones - we have had enough

Weary residents of Los Balcones, whose urbanisation was featured in last week’s CoastRider, contacted us again to tell us their area has now become a target for criminals owing to the fact that most of the streets are without lights, and have been for up to four months.
Since last week’s article was published, a resident who is forced to leave his car parked on the street had his window smashed and car ransacked by thieves. He cannot park his car in his garage because the contractors responsible for building new pavements in the area have blocked the exit.
The same goes for many other residents, who for some four weeks now, have been forced to park their cars on streets with no lighting because the contract work is taking so long to complete.
Residents have already complained to Playa Flamenca town hall about the dust which has been left in the roads by the pavement contractor, and of shoddy and dangerous workmanship. Now, one resident has begun to keep a diary of the days the contractor bothers to show up, and how many of them come to work on any one day. He told the CoastRider: “There are usually three, sometimes five workers, and they seem to have no system. But we haven’t seen the workers since 17 October. It appears they may have gone.”
Local resident, John Kadwell, well known in the community for his charity work, has erected banners on his street in protest at the delays. Work on the pavements on one side of the street was started and then abandoned, leaving gaping holes and electricity wires exposed, and the street is completely without light, posing a health and safety hazard to anyone venturing out after dark. John has been emailing the office for international residents at Playa Flamenca town hall over the last week, and as at going to print, he had not received a response. He said: “It is unacceptable that some people have had no access to their driveways for four weeks, and that we’ve had no lights for four months. Some vehicles have been damaged trying to enter driveways, and pathways have been left in a dangerous state. We have had no notification as to why the work has been delayed by the town hall, and no reply to
emails. This situation has gone on for too long.” A Scottish couple on the same street arrived back from a holiday in their camper van to find they couldn’t get it into their driveway. They told CoastRider: “The contractors just arrived with no warning and dug up our driveway. We could have been out shopping for the day for all they knew. This was four weeks ago, and when we returned I demanded that the supervisor who was around at the time laid some gravel to fill the great big hole they’d created, and since then I’ve been helping myself to their tiles in order to build up the driveway to get the campervan off the street. We’re absolutely fed up with this, we’re beginning to think Orihuela Town Hall is doing this on purpose so that we all leave.”
It is hardly surprising that residents of Los Balcones feel there is something of a conspiracy against them. Previously, residents were notified by Orihuela council that they would need to foot part of the bill to be connected to the sewage system, when just down the road, Torrevieja residents were connected for free. Since the new sewage system has been in place, not one resident has received an official notification from the town hall that they can connect to the new system. Street names and numbers have been changed, once more, with no notification to residents, and for months now, locals have had to endure the street works which are taking forever to complete, which once again, started with no warning.
There was no sign of the contractor on the day we visited Los Balcones last week, but plenty of dangerous holes, metal spikes and exposed electric cables had been left with no cordons or warning signs. Add this to streets that are plunged into complete darkness every night, and there is surely an accident waiting to happen.
One resident told me a lady had already fallen on a metal spike and required hospital treatment, although CoastRider did not get the opportunity to confirm this.
Since our visit, and owing to information obtained by a Spanish resident from a ‘reliable source’, there are now serious concerns that the project to repave the streets in Los Balcones has run out of money, which is why there has been no sign of workmen. Understandably, the contractor was not willing to make any comment about this issue, and as residents have had no response from the town hall, PSOE opposition councillor Rosa Martinez is now taking up this issue on their behalf through direct discussions with the councillor in charge.
Rebecca Griffin

All together now, let's shout down KC1, Los Verdes, The Greens, The Coastrider, residents of Los Balcones 'cos they're all wrong and are just making it up !

[Nalle]

The CoastRider - Local, National News

Apparently the rubbish problems in Orihuela Costa are so bad, they can even be seen from space !

LOL. Well apparently you could see the great wall of china from space too..
Perhaps time to stop reading coastrider? If they actually printed that, I would recommend that you considered it, seriously.

[simmy]

I can see my car on Google Earth and it's only small so what are they trying to prove???

[John50]

I can see my car on Google Earth and it's only small so what are they trying to prove???

This is where it is stated:

'Clean up the Costa': Is this the largest Fly-tipping site in Orihuela Costa?

Bad news about Los Balcones - one half is properly admininstered by Torrevieja Municipality and the other half by guess who ?

[Drewth]

Poor poor Orihuela Costa. It never lived up to Torrevieja's ambitions and is now quite literally imploding.

[smarty]

Ive also got a place in this area, Got to say it KC1 its a S--T hole

[koali]

Ive also got a place in this area, Got to say it KC1 its a S--T hole

It is far from pleasant. What makes you say this Smarty ? What are your observations on the area ?

[John50]

From this week's Round Town News:

[carman]

There used to be a similar tip in Torre near to the footy stadium a few years ago ,but the council dug a trench round the edge of the area to stop any access ,worked ok ,stopped my little treasure hunts ,with my bike and beer crate on the back though

[KC1]

Yep - this is Orihuela Costa 2008

Six Years Of Misery In Orihuela Costa


When they moved into their new homes six years ago they did not expect to be without electricity but that is what has happened to this urbanisation in Orihuela Costa .

Iberdrola has cut it off because the builder had been supplying the electricity illegaly . Almost 20 homes are affected .

If they want to be reconnected then they have to pay a bill of over 60,000 euros as the builder has refused to pay .

The six families who live there permanently cannot afford to pay and are having to pay 60 euros every week for a generator plus seven euros for petrol .

The residents are asking for help from the town hall .

[KC1]

Yep - this is Orihuela Costa 2008

Orihuela Costa Urbanisation Assault Allegation


The urbanisation on the Orihuela Costa which has been without electricity for 4 months is in the headlines again .

It has been alleged by the president of the urbanisation that he was assaulted both physically and verbally by the builder of the urbanisation for talking to a Costa Blanca newspaper .

The man was walking his dogs one evening when he met the builder and asked for answers about the lack of electricity .

This resulted in him being verbally and physically abused . The incident was witnessed by a neighbour and the matter has been reported to the Guardia Civil .

[KC1]

21st century life in Orihuela Costa

Colina La Zenia residents left without water and electricity as developer seeks protection from creditors


250 residents of the Colina La Zenia urbanisation in Orihuela (Alicante, Costa Blanca) have been left without water and electricity after being cut off by a developer seeking protection from its creditors.

Financial difficulties forced the developer of 140 properties in the Colina La Zenia urbanisation near Torrevieja to seek voluntary administration before completing the construction work. 250 residents who had already moved in, and were living off the builders supply, were cut off without warning.

None of the properties have a licence of first occupation (LFO) because of the outstanding building work. A town planning official explains that LFOs cannot be issued because the development is not finished. Without an LFO the residents cannot establish private contracts with the utility companies.

The town hall says it is powerless to help. “It’s a private matter between the builders and developers, and their clients,” explained a town planning official.

Similar situation exist in other parts of Orihuela Costa, admits the official, who refuses to rule out more cases in the coming months. “It all depends whether the banks start lending,” he said.

[simmy]

Ive also got a place in this area, Got to say it KC1 its a S--T hole

I agree ,there are 250000 boarded up houses in the UK according to the news this morning. Happen KC1 can find one in Glasgow to suit him if the pillock doesn't like it here.

[KC1]

Even the Spanish politicians admit it !

Antonia Moreno, the secretary general of the Socialist Party in Orihuela, Alicante, has claimed that there are between 10,000 and 15,000 officially illegal properties in the Orihuela municipality, though in reality there could be as many as 30,000 illegal properties built without appropriate planning permission.