In February 2021, while still wearing masks, the Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and the then-president of the Provincial Council announced the restoration of the area around which the urban centre of what is now Torrevieja grew at the end of the 18th century, thanks to the exploitation of the salt flats.
It has been a little over five years since that announcement. The initiative, which was said to be coming soon at the time and then brought back up during the pre-campaign for the May 2023 elections, is still in the drafting stage of the detailed design project, which is being handled by the well-known firm Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos. The Torrevieja City Council has already spent roughly a million euros on the planning, design, and writing of the project, not including the building work.
Funds from Europe
The governing team, on the other hand, has publicly said that it could do this renovation as an investment while also spending over €40 million on redeveloping the port area next to the new leisure centre (which is currently being built). In the end, they gave the €10 million in European funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the 2021–2027 programming period to the municipality for some of the main phases, such as building the Sea and Salt Museum and the upper park on Faler The responsible port authority where the Eras de la Sal site is located still needs to give the public domain concession before these phases can begin.
In addition to that money, the planned open-air auditorium for the International Habaneras Competition still needs to be built. The next edition will take place at the Municipal Theatre. The Casa de las Salinas needs to be fixed up (if it doesn’t fall down), the current Tourist Office needs to be torn down, and the Paseo del Maestro Velero and Avenida de Faleria need to be redeveloped.
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