Torrevieja will have to wait several years for a new municipal bus station. The local City Council has begun planning procedures to reserve and organize land in Enclave 13, aiming to build the terminal through a future private concession. However, the project remains in a preliminary phase that renders its execution impossible during the current governing term. Sources close to the Popular Party administration have confirmed that the project will not become a reality until at least 2028.
In December 2024, municipal authorities announced initial steps to modify the local General Plan to regulate a plot covering nearly 40,000 square metres between the CV-905, Avenida Rosa Mazón, and Calle Juan Valera. Although the land is largely publicly owned, it also includes private plots. Urban planning reviews have progressed slowly, delaying the tender process required to award the concession for constructing the station alongside a commercial space.
The public portion of the site is also designated for urban transport company Avanza, which needs to construct garages and workshops to meet its new service contract obligations. These new facilities are intended to replace current premises on Avenida Delfina Viudes, opposite the Pueblo Bravo residential area. Council plans specify that the bus station will share the site with transport operations, a Civil Protection headquarters, car parks, and private commercial spaces.
The project currently exists only on paper. The municipality is assessing land distribution, development requirements, and access arrangements through a traffic study. A major portion of the 40,000-square-metre plot was acquired by the local council in 2012 following a long legal expropriation process that cost 5.2 million euro.
While plans for a council-owned terminal have been discussed for fifteen years, thousands of passengers continue to use the existing private station on Avenida de las Habaneras. Dating from the late 1980s, the building suffers from significant maintenance deficiencies and lacks proper passenger services. Access remains hampered by a café terrace obstructing the main entrance, while platforms experience chaotic traffic during busy periods, alongside a distinct lack of visual information for travellers.
The current terminal serves as a major travel hub, offering urban connections as well as routes to Alicante, Cartagena, Murcia, the regional Vega Baja area, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport, and long-distance services across Spain. Council strategy aims to move bus traffic out of the town centre by placing the new terminal beside major road access routes. Once the relocation occurs, municipal plans call for acquiring and demolishing the 3,800-square-metre private site on Avenida de las Habaneras to create a new green space connected to the San Esteban neighbourhood.
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