At their next meeting on Tuesday, the Orihuela council hopes to close the process of the allocation to the Consortium of two plots in Puente Alto and another in PAU 8 on the coast, according to the president of the regional waste consortium, Francisco Cano.
The plot chosen in the urban area is in the Puente Alto industrial estate while in the Orihuela Costa, the ecopark will be located on a municipal plot located in PAU 8-sur, very close to the bridge and the pedestrian walkway that crosses the AP-7 between the PAU and the Los Almendros area.
The council has ruled out the first proposed location on the coast, in Lomas de Cabo Roig, due to complaints from residents who did not want to see these facilities so close to their homes.
The ecopark in the town centre will serve Orihuela and Bigastro, while the one on the coast will only serve the Orihuela coastline where there are high hopes that it will alleviate the long-standing problem of recurrent abandonment of belongings and prunings in the streets. On the Orihuela coast there is a large European population that is already very familiar with the use of such centres.
The construction of the facilities is estimated to take about six months. Both ecoparks will be type D, with between 10 and 15 containers and an identification system so that only registered residents can use them by simply showing their ID. They will accept cardboard, wood, pruning, textile, bulky waste, aerosols, batteries, light bulbs, mattresses or oil, among other waste.
