Alhaurin de la Torre

Proposed New Park


About 150 people in Alhaurin de la Torre fear they may lose their property if the Junta de Andalucía goes ahead with plans to create a park beside the Arroyo del Valle stream. Those affected have held a meeting with the mayor, Joaquín Villanova, to demand more information about the proposed scheme, and were told that they have the Council's support because the local authority is not in favour of the project. The park would be in the form of a 'green corridor' between the stream and the mountain, but the draft Urban Plan proposes an alternative, which would be smaller and would only involve the areas most susceptible to flooding. The mayor commented that the Junta de Andalucía's project would affect a great many families whose income came from farming on the land. The Council and the landowners are planning to send a letter of protest to the Public Works Department of the regional government, asking them to consider.