Entrepreneurs in Nerja are demanding a modern industrial area with proper facilities, the current site being poorly set up and maintained.
Improvements have been planned for several years but nothing has actually happened. The roads are full of potholes, the area is badly lit and the general infrastructure is poor with many areas without decent, if any, sanitation.
The head of the Asociación de Empresarios de Nerja (AEN), Gabriel Broncano, has been asking the Council to be more flexible in the redevelopment of the Castillo Alto industrial estate.
The AEN backed a plan to obtain a loan with the the Council acting as guarantor, not questioning the merits of such a plan but merely wanting to get things done.
For his part, the president of Asociación de Empresarios del Polígono Industrial de Castillo Alto, Mariano López, is against such a plan, claiming that the repayment required of the owners of industries in the area is too high. He pointed out that the Council proposed a ‘crash plan’ before the summer whereby certain repairs and improvements would be carried out immediately.
Still waiting on that one.