Orihuela Costa 2026.**
This is no longer a collection of complaints.
This is a pattern.
A visible, repeated, documented pattern of neglect — reported independently by residents across Orihuela Costa.
Not one street.
Not one urbanisation.
Not one isolated issue.
👉 Everywhere.
Avda Torrevieja / Avda de Orihuela — roads breaking apart, patched, then failing again.
Dehesa de Campoamor — “repair and re-repair” now considered normal.
Los Altos — weeds left for years.
La Cinuelica — described by residents as “appalling” despite repeated attention.
Villamartín and Los Dolses — volunteers stepping in to clean what should never have been left.
This is not wear and tear.
This is not bad luck.
👉 This is systemic neglect.
Residents are not asking for luxury.
They are not asking for major investment.
They are asking for something far more basic:
👉 Maintain what already exists.
👉 Deliver the services already paid for.
Because the contradiction is now impossible to ignore:
Waste taxes have risen — in some cases tripled
Yet bins are broken, missing, or overflowing
Roads are “repaired”
Yet continue to deteriorate
Public spaces exist
Yet are unmanaged, overgrown, and in some cases unsafe
Residents are saying it plainly:
👉 “It’s not a lot to ask… especially after our waste tax has trebled.”
👉 “Even Chernobyl looks better.”
Harsh? Yes.
But when the same message is repeated across multiple communities — it stops being exaggeration.
👉 It becomes reality.
And it goes further
Residents report being asked to contribute financially to:
Road works
Maintenance
Street lighting
👉 While already paying municipal taxes through SUMA.
At the same time:
👉 New bins sit unused in storage
👉 While damaged bins remain in place
So the questions are simple:
👉 Where is the coordination?
👉 Where is the planning?
👉 Where is the accountability?
This is not one department failing.
👉 This is structural.
And the clearest sign of that failure?
Residents are stepping in.
Volunteer groups cleaning streets
Communities documenting neglect
Neighbours sharing evidence across areas
That is not just civic pride.
👉 That is a public service gap being filled by the public.
Orihuela Costa is no longer a seasonal destination.
It is a permanent, year-round community of tens of thousands — rising to over 150,000 in peak months.
Yet the level of service still reflects a past that no longer exists.
And this is where it becomes critical.
Because when residents begin to say:
👉 “Where are our taxes going?”
👉 “Why is this acceptable in 2026?”
They are not just complaining.
👉 They are losing confidence.
Pay more. Get less.
That is no longer a slogan.
👉 It is the lived experience.
And if it continues —
👉 it becomes the reputation.
