The stabilisation works of “La Penya” begin, one of the most emblematic icons of the historic center of Finestrat

• THE INVESTMENT AMOUNTS MORE THAN €570,000 AND IS FINANCED WITH €410,000 BY EUROPEAN “NEXT GENERATION EU” FUNDS
• THE MAYOR VISITED THE WORKS AND ANNOUNCED THE IMPROVEMENT OF “LA PENYA” WITH THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS SUCH AS INTELLIGENT LIGHTING, THE GREEN RING AND THE URBANIZATION OF THE ACCESS TO THE MUNICIPAL PARKING 
• THE MAYOR VISITED THE WORKS AND ANNOUNCED THE IMPROVEMENT OF “LA PENYA” WITH THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS SUCH AS INTELLIGENT LIGHTING, THE GREEN RING AND THE URBANIZATION OF THE ACCESS TO THE MUNICIPAL PARKING

Convert one of the icons of the historic centre of Finestrat into a completely renovated space for leisure and enjoyment of neighbors and visitors. This is La Penya on which the hanging houses of the historic center sit. There, the slope consolidation works have begun, an action that is financed by Next Generation EU European funds. The mayor, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, visited the area together with the Councilor for Works and Projects, Guillermo Lloret, the Councilor for European Funds, Héctor Baldó, and the municipal Urban Planning technicians.

“It is one of the most emblematic spaces in Finestrat,” said the mayor, Juanfran Pérez Llorca . “It is La Penya on which one of the most picturesque and emblematic historic centers of the Valencian Community sits. Today we visited the beginning of these works with which we continue to improve the stability of the slope. We have managed to ensure that it is 70% covered by European funds since we must remember that Finestrat was one of the first 11 municipalities in the Valencian Community to obtain these funds, valued in our case at €3 million, of which €400,000 are allocated to these improvements to the La Penya slope.”

The objective of this action is to continue consolidating the rock mass on which the hanging houses of Finestrat sit, as the City Council has been doing since 2008. “And above all, to begin to value La Penya with the following planned projects of beautification and improvement such as the intelligent ornamental lighting of the rock massif, the green pedestrian ring that will link our historic center with the sports area of ​​La Foia along the road that passes under La Penya and also redevelop the entire access avenue to the municipal parking . Therefore, the construction season is coming and, when they are completed, we will have converted one of the most touristic icons of Finestrat into a completely improved and renovated space for the enjoyment of neighbors and tourists,” concluded the mayor, Juanfran Pérez Llorca.

For the diagnosis and execution of the work, the latest technologies are being used, such as the application of specific software and the flight of professional drones to capture the measurements, dimensions, irregularities or discontinuities of the terrain with maximum precision and accuracy.

The stabilisation action of La Penya (zones 3, 4 and 10) of Finestrat corresponds to the Green and Sustainable Transition programmatic axis of the Tourism Sustainability Plan in Destinations endowed with European funds Next Generation EU, with which the municipality has been distinguished and It has all the favorable technical reports regarding compliance with environmental regulations.

The action has a cost of €572,036.03, of which €410,000 is financed by the European Union-Next Generation EU with the Tourism Sustainability Plan in Destinations in its extraordinary 2021 call, within the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

The estimated execution period for this work is 5 months. The project is from Raymar and builds 

Axis of action: Axis 1.- Green and sustainable transition.
Action 1: “Restoration and consolidation of penya slope 'Historical center'. Zone 10”.
Action 2: “Restoration and consolidation of penya slope 'Historical center'. Zone 3-4”.)