Nerja’s mayor, José Alberto Armijo, has announced that the project to develop the plan for the re-development of El Playazo has been officially put out to tender in the official Spanish state gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado). The budget for drafting this plan is €71,000, with a deadline for proposals by the 24th of this month. The project itself will take 11 months to complete.
The project sets out to develop a new seafront promenade, and also increase the size of the beach, increasing its depth by 70 metres along most of its length of 1100 metres. This would create an extra 70,000 square metres of beach area.
The area behind the road, which currently has a few restaurants, boat yards and private farm buildings, will also be redeveloped. El Playazo is currently largely undeveloped, with just one hotel at the end of the beach. In November of last year, the regional government (the Junta de Andalucia) declared a moratorium on all new building projects within 500 metres of the coastline.
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"relative simplicity" compared to, say, Torremolinos.
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#1 by Judy Forshaw on Friday 10th of May 2013 - Friday 10th of May 2013
well said Janet… none of the beaches were “developed” when I first was in Nerja…. (look at my old Nerja pics on facebook). leave us one last natural beach where we can chill out away from the crowds. Surely they don’t want another Burriana . people don’t have the money to spend now, so one more developed beach will not bring in more tourists!
#2 by Marc on Friday 10th of May 2013 - Friday 10th of May 2013
‘the relative simplicity’, Janet, is already gone for years.
I remember Nerja as I learned to know it 27 years ago.
Then you could speak of this ‘relative simplicity’ …
#3 by GingerHound on Saturday 11th of May 2013 - Saturday 11th of May 2013
“relative simplicity” compared to, say, Torremolinos.
#4 by Sue Jones on Friday 10th of May 2013 - Friday 10th of May 2013
Please, please, Please leave this beach area alone!! Totally agree with Janet Hassell on this x
#5 by Janet Hassall on Friday 10th of May 2013 - Friday 10th of May 2013
In my opinion the best thing about Playazo is being “undeveloped” and the “few bars” are just fine. If I wanted a prom and lots of bars I would go to Torrox. What most people relish about Nerja is its relative simplicity.
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