Tuesday, June 16, 2009

A long delay

By the 1st September it was meant to be all systems go for the desalination plant in Torrevieja. Unfortunately there is one important job left to do and that is to run the pipes that will carry the water from the sea to the plant and the brine back. 

During the tourist season, Torrevieja has a moratorium on work in the town centre. So AcuaMed will have to wait until September to start work on the pipelines. The pipes, which are 2m in diameter, will be sunk up to 8m below ground and will pass under the N332 coast road. A complex task which nobody on holiday in the town would want to witness.

The company will be undertaking 30 million euros worth of work  in Torrevieja as compensation. Some of the improvements that the compensation will pay for are reported to be, an elevated paseo on the Dique de Poniente, improvements to the Muelle de Sal and access to the Playa de Acequion. There will also be improvements to the beaches at Los Náufragos and possibly the renewal of infrastructure in the ‘Barrio de San Roque’.

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