ARCHIVED - Orihuela opens an alternative route after partial reopening of the La Glea path in Campoamor

The council creates a link via Avenida Adelfas after the Provincial Coastal Service refuses to reopen the road to motor vehicles

The Town Hall of Orihuela has completed its partial reconstruction of the “La Glea” coastal path in Campoamor, which was destroyed by the massive “gota fría” storm of December 2019 and just a few months later by the passage of Storm Gloria, at a reported cost of precisely 72,003 euros.

However, the repaired stretch of the path reaches only as far as the Nacimiento riverbed, after which point the route for motor vehicles falls under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Coastal Service, which in turn depends on the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge Ministry, and these institutions have refused to let the department from Orihuela Town Hall act on their land.

This situation means that, since September 2019 Campoamor has effectively been split in two, with drivers unable to cross from one side of Avenida Adelfas in Orihuela Costa to the other. 

In response the Town Hall is looking into taking the issue to court, and in the meantime the Department of Infrastructures has opened up a detour on the northern part of Adelfas Avenue so that vehicles can cross to the southern part using a lane near the old bridge that crosses the riverbed. 

Residents in the area hope that this solution is only temporary as the road will be easily flooded in heavy rain, and the council itself admits that the lane does not meet adequate road safety conditions.

The Provincial Coastal Service has stated that they are willing to reopen the section of the La Glea path that falls under their jurisdiction, but only for pedestrians and not for road vehicles.