The secretary of the PI in Palma, Miquel Quetglas, asked the Town Hall of the Balearic capital to cancel the construction of 450 housing units in Ses Fontanelles, considering that it is not an appropriate location because it is a “wet and floodable area.
Thus, he asked the PP of Palma to rectify its urban plan and to prohibit these new constructions, reported the regionalist party in a press release.
“Wet and flood-prone areas cannot be urbanized. We all have in mind the DANA of Valencia or the torrent of Sant Llorenç. This is why it is so dangerous to build new homes in a flood zone. Such disasters cannot happen again,” Quetglas said.
In addition, he insisted, Playa de Palma “needs more provisions, equipment and services for its neighbors.” “For this reason, we ask the government team of the mayor, Jaime Martínez, to rectify and make available to citizens what they really need,” he continued.
According to the regionalist secretary, the Ses Fontanelles area should be protected or dedicated only to facilities for citizens.
The regionalists’ demand comes after Palma City Hall approved last November the launch of procedures to give thegreen light for the reconversion of urbanization from Ses Fontanelles to Playa de Palma which will have a maximum ceiling of 450 housing units and without the large commercial area initially planned and rejected by Palma’s small business employers.
A very different and less ambitious project than the one presented ten years ago, more precisely in 2014, by Unibail Rodamco, the promoter of the Palma Springs shopping center, and which had to face several years of litigation with the different administrations, mainly with the Government and Palma City Hall have not agreed to give the green light to this commercial complex.
The new urban reconversion plan for the district, sets the total developable area at 91,181 square meters, including 45,0000 square meters for residential use and 47,000 for tertiary (offices) or commercial use.
The Palma Springs shopping center that Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) planned in Palma with an investment of 235 million euros will therefore not be realized, and instead of new commercial equipment, the possibility of realizing it is eliminated. macro shopping center.
In response to this project, a mixed-use program is created so that Playa de Palma has a reference service center and facilities, and also to reduce travel.
