October 27, 2007
Valencian Government Announces Landscape Law
Valencia’s regional government is drawing up legislation aimed at protecting the region’s mountains and cliffs, according to reports. The new Landscape Law will ban construction on hilltops and cliffs as well as on any land with a gradients of over 50 percent. This is according to regions territories and housing councillor Esteban Gonzalez Pons.
The law will also require developers to integrate local plant life into projects, or replant flora nearby so as not to compromise the area’s ecology, according to Councillor Gonzalez. The government aims to publish the law before the next regional elections come spring.
However, this piece of good news for ecologists was countered by confirmation that the Altea council approved the controversial River Algar development project. This gives the green light to create some 6,000 homes, four hotels, a golf course, and three commercial centers. Opponents to this scheme claimed the project does not have a guaranteed water supply and that the only “green zone” will be the golf course, according to Costa Blance News.
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