Green Rules Threaten Torrevieja Hospital Expansion Plans

Plans to expand Torrevieja University Hospital have come under threat due to an environmental report that ruled the construction on the proposed land would breach regulations protecting the nearby natural park. The 11,500-square-meter plot lies between the CV-95 and Torrevieja’s salt lagoon, and is within an area covered by the Natural Resources Management Plan for the Southern Alicante Wetlands.

The report, issued in October 2021 by Francisco Martínez, director-conservator of the Torrevieja and La Mata Lagoons Natural Park, stated that no buildings should be constructed on the land and called for it to be restored with native vegetation. Despite this, the council and landowner proceeded to transfer the site for hospital use.

Environmental campaigners argue that the hospital expansion will place further pressure on the already strained protected wetlands.

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