On Tuesday, the mayor of Andratx, Estefanía Gonzalvo, announced that the contract for the demolition work had been signed. The tender for this had to be revised after another company walked away three years ago. The work will cost 275,000 euros and take eight weeks.
The licence to build these apartments was given in 2005. This was when Eugenio Hidalgo was mayor of Andratx.
Towards the end of 2006 he was arrested. His period in office was characterised by flagrant abuses of planning regulations - the Montport development in Puerto Andratx was another example. Properties were built on land that was not classified for development.
In 2013, a court in Palma ordered the demolition. It has taken this long for the order to be executed.
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Jacky ELLIOTTThank you. My pleasure.
"The work will cost 275,000 euros and take eight weeks." Whon is going to swallow the costs? Señor Hidalgo - doubt it. Tax payers - most likely? As all the predecessors commented, rather than demolish, it would make much more sense to make it available to those in need of decent housing.
Well said, Stan the Man!!!
Stan The ManI agree and have said this before. This area is one of the most expensive places on the island. I know young’uns from andriax that would love to continue living there but can’t afford it. Sell them discounted to young locals , conditional that they’re not resold to non locals.. they do that in the English Lake District, works ok there. The port area is a continuous building site , has been for the 35 yrs I’ve been going there. Preserve an area equivalent to this development, pid pro quo . Everyone wins.
There is a housing shortage in Mallorca. But the Authorities are determined to destroy accomodations. Rather than redeploy their legal existance. Very sad actions by those involved..