September 28, 2007
Operation Eyesore improves tourist beaches
Millions of holiday makers and new home buyers are now waiting for new developments and new improvements in their places and destinations as the Spanish government officials are spending EUR 20M at the seaside this year, buying up at least as many properties and various plots to improve their sceneries.
The program, called Operation Eyesore, has so far purchased and demolished 63 structures along the country’s 10,000 kilometer coastline as part of the return to its seashore operation state. This is according to the Environment Ministry.
Included in the demolition were bars, homes, jetties, walls and even a factory, which have all been destroyed because according to the Law of Coasts, these structures are illegal and abandoned, and they need to be demolished. The law also states that any abandoned or illegal structure near the seashore must be abolished.
According to the chief of the Ministry’s Coastal Department, Jose Fernandez, there are at least a dozen demolitions which have taken place in the Almeria province, followed by nine in Murcia, then six in A Caruna, then five in Girona. There are also a couple of demolitions, which happened in the areas around Spain, such as Balaeric and Canary Islands.
This official also pointed out the triumph of the program of the government to buy up property along the country’s 10,000 kilometers of coast and that the ministry was allotted a budget of 20 million euros for them to be able to purchase this year.
“Our objective right now is to purchase 20 to 40 million square meters of property each year. This includes 122 areas of land that we have considered.”
The Law of the Coasts was actually made into law in the 1980s after officials have come to realize that unrestricted buildings in the area of famous holiday destinations have become an eyesore, and needs to be demolished. These structures have actually turned off many of the foreign tourists coming to visit Spain.
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