Less noise from building work during the summer

Summer building moratorium

By Tom Cain

COSTA councils are being urged by businessmen in the commercial sector to halt all private building work during the summer season so as to not damage an already weakened tourism sector.

They are also being asked to speed up any outstanding public projects and not to initiate any new ones until later in the year.

In most cases councils are paying heed to the demands and modifying their local bylaws so restrictions can be brought in.

Many, including Benidorm, have told constructors to stop all work in town centre zones between July 1 and September 1. The only work permitted will be projects considered to be of general public interest.

In Calpe, constructors who flout noise level bylaws will face fines of between 90 and 3,000 euros while in Benissa fines for ignoring summer building restrictions could be as hight as 6,000 euros.

In other towns where public works projects are taking place, councils have been asked to speed them up so that are finished before the summer influx of tourists, although in some cases this will not be possible due to the size and complexity of some projects.

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Let's see if it is taken into account in La Vila.