A delegation consisting of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Generalitat Valenciana and different municipal councils in the Alacantí region, including Mutxamel, Brussels these days, attending a meeting of the NBS4Local Interreg project, which focuses on the development of local policies for the implementation of nature-based solutions for better management of water resources and protection against extreme climatic events.
At the meeting that started this Tuesday and will continue until Wednesday, Alicante delegation As an example of good practices, he gave the Montnegre River Green Corridor project, an initiative supported by the state agency together with six municipalities in the Alacanti region, which aims to improve the channel of the tributary connecting the Tibi dam to its mouth. To create in El Campello a new tourist, ecological, entertainment and educational attraction that serves as the engine of economic recovery in the region.
Head of Water Technologies Committee Mutxamel Mayor Rafael García Berenguer also participated in this delegation, which included Miguel Fernández Mejuto, one of the project coordinators, and Miguel Angel Ivorra, general manager of Urban Planning, Landscape and Environmental Assessment.
Alicante Provincial Council and Valencian general They are partners in this interregional learning project, sharing good practices in five European countries. The project, led by the Hungarian Ministry of Internal Affairs and involving partners from Belgium, Croatia, Finland and Poland, started in March 2023 and will last for a total of four years.
The mayor of Mutxamel will be responsible for presenting the rehabilitation activities of the Montnegre River and its hydraulic infrastructure as an example of good practice, with the intention that this project will serve as a catalyst in obtaining economic resources for the development of the project. Green CorridorAn initiative supported by the Provincial Council and six municipalities in the region: Tibi, Xixona, Alicante (Montnegre region), Mutxamel, Sant Joan d’Alacant and El Campello.