Demolition was originally planned for November last year. The club is still operating, the APB saying that if the land is not available immediately, the execution of the work will have to be paralysed. The consequence of this would be a prolonging of restrictions on pedestrians and traffic in the affected area, "causing great damage to socioeconomic activity".
The APB is the regional organisation for the State Ports and therefore ultimately comes under Spain's ministry of transport. The minister, Óscar Puente, has ordered the "urgent occupation of the assets and rights owned by Alhambra S.A.". This means urgent expropriation.
The order, signed on January 8, refers to the APB having been unable to agree terms "in a friendly manner". The order is, therefore, for forced expropriation, which now requires approval by the cabinet. Once the Spanish government gives this approval, the urgent occupation procedure will begin with a period of fifteen days of public consultation for those affected by the expropriation.
The APB states that there is no appeal and that it will fall to the Spanish government's delegation in the Balearics to establish the compensation.
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The commie train stops or waits for no man.
The owners of Social have known about this problem for years and years and simply ignored the problem. It’s a bit late to claim to be victims now.
Seems fair! Not.
Surely compensation and building a new Club is the answer.