Background: There follows the unusable mamotreto, embedded in the Algarrobico beach in Carboneras (Almería)like the Perfect metaphor of a nonsense. The Algarrobico Hotelthat He never opened the doorsit has become a symbol of the years of the wild urbanism and the destruction of the coastand it has so far been indestructible, despite the broad social consensus that exists on its demolition and that justice has concluded that it was built in protected field, where it could not be done.
The hotel The caroblocated in the heart of the Natural Park of Cabo de Gatain the province of Almería, it returns to the center of today after confirming that will finally be demolished. This Tuesday, February 11, the Council of Ministers has initiated the process For the Public Interest Declaration from the land on which the controversial complex was built, a Previous step for expropriation and its subsequent demolition.
The goal is to end the long judicial battle and the controversy that The carob has generated since the beginning of its constructionmore than two decades ago.
To do this, the Government has asked the Junta de Andalucía to follow the same steps And expropriate the part of the land of regional competition, since the Executive can only act on the first 100 meters from the coastline. The Executive will allocate seven million euros To the demolition and the costs to then restore the area, while attributing to the Board the necessary investment to manage the waste that is generated.
The history of this Ghost Hotel, owned by the Constructure of Sol, SLHe has been full of ups and downs. Although initially had municipal and autonomic permits, complaints of environmental organizations began to emerge warning of their illegality by Invade a special protection area against sea.
In 2008, the Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA) paralyzed the works when it was almost finished, then predicting its demolition. However, its outcome has fallen again and again in the endless judicial processes that we review through this chronology.
Public utility declaration of the land on which the carob is based
He Council of Ministers This Tuesday has agreed Public utility declaration of the land on which the carob is based. At this step, in its processing, the adoption of the urgent occupation agreement and administrative milestones until the expropriation and demolition, As the Vice President of the Government and Minister for ecological transition and demographic challenge, Sara Aagesen, explained at a press conference.
“The carob It is a symbol of accelerated urbanism and without environmental conditions, but it could also be the symbol of something that has not just had a solution. For us it is essential to respond to citizens and the government comes today with solutions”, in the señalad Aagence.
The building is out of public domain, in private land partially affected by protection servitude, but as the vice president has explained in the appearance after the subsequent appearance of the Council of Ministers, The other part is the competence of the Junta de Andalucía when entering beyond this limit.
In the beach protection protocol signed in 2011 between the Government of Spain and the Junta de Andalucía It was agreed that the State would finance the demolition of the building and the autonomous community, the management of the waste and the restoration of the land. “The government is responsible for demolition. We estimate that the cost can amount to 7 million euros. We want to have all the administrations, with the private sector concerned to advance; that this symbol of what should not be done ends up being the symbol of what is resolved, ”said the vice president.