The Department of Infrastructure at the Nerja Town Hall has prepared a technical report to demonstrate that pedestrian and road access to the marina is viable.
This action was taken at a meeting last Friday between the mayor of Nerja, José Alberto Armijo, the Councillor for Infrastructure, José Alberto Tomé, and Sergio Moreno from the Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the current situation and the efforts being made by the Junta de Andalucia in relation to the marina.
The Mayor noted that since December 2009, when the Department of Coasts questioned the proposal made by the Ministry of Public Works of the Junta of Andalucia on the location of the site, there has been no significant progress.
The Mayor also pointed out that the idea is to finance the marina through private investment without the need for regional or provincial funding.
The Mayor stressed to Sergio Moreno that the marina project is of great importance to the eastern Costa del Sol and, especially, to the future of tourism in Nerja.
The currently preferred location for the marina appears to be El Playazo beach.
A large project such as this, should it ever be realised, would generate a lot of municipal revenue through the various, and numerous, building and other license fees.
Larry Murphy says:
They have been talking about a marina for many years, as well as a golf course. Nerja needs neither of these. There is a marina a few kilometers away at Marina del Este which is under-used and appears very quiet for most of the year. Nerja is not Marbella (Thank God, that is part of it’s attraction for most people) and should concentrate more on the things that are achievable, such as the Museum and rebuilding of the cliff path, etc.
Lynne Hanson says:
Well said Larry! I totally agree with you’ The only trouble with the Marina over near Almunecar is that I can’t find out how to get there!
Diana says:
Today I read about a Marina, a Botanical Garden, a Golf Course, talk of 8000 houses in El Playazo, and Blue Flag and Q designations for local beaches, but Nerja still hasn’t moved an inch on building a Waste Water Treatment Plant after 15 years of discussions! It boggles the mind that the Ayuntamiento is allowed to get away with this.
The Captain says:
The sewage plant has actually been on the agenda for forty years, which is disgraceful, and always delayed and delayed and delayed again. Torrox, in the meantime, has just built a second plant, no problem.
For a town, especially a tourist beach resort, of 25,000 (80,000 in the summer) not to have waste treatment is beyond belief. As this time period has covered municipal, provincial and regional governments of different colours and persuasions, one can only assume there is some underlying reason/animosity/grudge/dispute that has played some part in causing this diabolical situation.
Promises are once again being made, although it is the run-up to an election so probably to be taken with one or more pinches of salt.