Diputación de Alicante has already announced its own plan to help save Vall d’Ebo after the devastating fire that devastated 12,000 hectares. The head of the institution, Carlos Mazón, announced this morning an extraordinary and urgent package of support measures for the mayors of the towns affected by the fire that broke out in the region on August 13. Three of the main lines of action put forward by the provincial official are outlined in one document. tourism promotion plan to encourage the arrival of visitors to the area; a Comprehensive road and highway plan as well as the connection between the valleys, a number of tax benefits Through SUMA, it aimed to alleviate the financial burden of taxpayers of affected populations. This helpline is a Provincial technical team for the preparation of projects and the administrative management of documentary procedures. Among the measures Mazón detailed for mayors are actions of cooperation and assistance to municipalities, the environment and European funds.
Mazón met with the mayors of the fire-affected districts of Marina Alta and El Comtat for two weeks at the Vall d’Ebo Town Hall and said it was now “time to start talking about recovery.” To this end, he said from Diputación, “we have presented a quick and agile aid package to the fifteen municipalities concerned, as the closest administration to the municipal councils.”
“The tax part is very important to both citizens and consulates at the moment, and that’s why we announced the deferral of tax payments from SUMA and enabled installments and special payments for residents of the two districts.”
At this point, the president wanted to do something. contact your district office to take advantage of these tax benefits It is also extended in personal income tax divisions as compensation to regional powers and affected self-employed such as farmers or ranchers.
He also highlighted the need to stimulate domestic tourism from the Costa Blanca Board of Trustees. “For the remainder of the year and until 2023, we will make it available to the affected municipalities. one million euros for the promotionwith specific plans aimed at attracting visitors, cycling tourism, gastro tourism or environmental tourism”.
Finally, Mazón stressed his commitment to promote a comprehensive plan to restore state roads and highways, as well as increase the percentage of aid for towns at risk of depopulation, which “make up the vast majority of those affected by the fire.” this will haunt 700,000 and one million extraordinary Euros.
Javier Sendra, Mazón’s assistant in charge of Emergencies, Population Reduction and Demographic Struggle; Highways, Alejandro Morant; Youth, Javier Gutierrez; as well as Environment Minister Miguel Ángel Sánchez, his deputy Juan Bautista Roselló and President of the Provincial Tourism Board José Mancebo.
The President appointed himself to the Generalitat Valenciana c.cooperate in related actions“Because I think it’s good for us to accelerate the recovery by coordinating technical, administrative and bureaucratic work, not twice, but overall. That’s why I ask you to trust Diputación and municipalities to be able to transfer these aids,” he said.
Finally, Mazón said, “I wanted to commend the work and dedication of the Provincial Consortium firefighters who are on the front lines and don’t work for applause or appreciation because they are great professionals, but I want to thank all the mayors for their work”.
“I am proud of them and we will pay some tribute to them,” the president said.
Leonor Nazaria, mayor of La Vall d’Ebo, conveyed his satisfaction to the media because “we are all united and happy to be able to want what we need because there is a very positive disposition” . According to Leonor Nazaria, measures were agreed upon during the meeting. clear terraces, replant affected areas and stimulate the economy of affected towns.
The meeting was attended by the mayors of La Vall d’Ebo, Leonor Nazaria, Planes, Javier Sendra, Balones, Juan Tomás Bou, L’Atzúbia, María Oltra, Benimassot, Ismael Molinés, Castell de Castells, Vicente Tomás Estalrich, Fageca. Ismael Vidal, Famorca, Vicente Ruiz, Pego, Enrique Moll, Tollos, Félix Frau, La Vall d’Alcalà, Pablo Martínez, La Vall de Laguar, Juan Carlos Mengual, Vall de Gallinera, Ignasi Mora, Orba, Ignasi Cervera and Tormos , Jerome Bermudez.
Direct and extraordinary actions
Among the measures currently available to the affected population is the provision of advice on documentary procedures through the Assistance Service for Municipalities coordinated by Javier Gutiérrez. A team of an architect, an industrial technical engineer and a Co-operative technician will be responsible for helping the boards, both the Provincial Council and the Generalitat Valenciana and the Government of Spain, seek assistance to mobilize. Likewise, the contributions of the provincial institution will be processed directly from this section.
Regarding tourism, the Costa Blanca Board of Trustees plans to allocate candidate subsidies to the affected towns for the signaling and dynamization of promotional actions in the amount of 30,000 euros per municipality. In addition, promotional materials for the region will be published and special “press trips” will be organized, as well as adventure actions and special press reports with foreign students from the University of Alicante and Miguel Hernández.
In the road section, the Provincial Council initiated a comprehensive plan for the improvement of municipal roads to connect the area with the two objectives. First, the connection between different valleys in an emergency is more efficient and faster, and second, this improvement in connected roads acts as a firewall to prevent future fires. As detailed by Regional Deputy Alejandro Morant, this supra-municipal road project will connect the valleys and create communication alternatives to the provincial road network. The investment to repair roads affected by the fire will be €600,000 through nominated aid. Similarly, the CV-712 combining Vall d’Ebo with Pego, as well as the CV-713 from Airplanes to Tollos, will be reviewed and refined with the aim of eliminating curves, optimizing trenches and improving them. Accessibility of towns at risk of depopulation in the region.
At the environmental level, efforts will be made to prevent soil and biodiversity loss in the region, as well as to restore vegetation. To this end, the field’s technicians are already immersed in the preparation of a report assessing the situation and the damage, followed by a request for a Work Desk with Generalitat, the authority in charge of the forest land. said actions. To this end, and to encourage the arrival of provincial aid, MP Miguel Ángel Sánchez assured that projects and execution projects in the mountains of municipal property will be collected in advance, and plans for forest fire prevention will be collected in advance. and preparation of projects for the improvement of forest masses.
At the economic level, through the Suma Gestión Tributaria, the provincial institution concludes extraordinary advances to councils, deferral of installment payments and extension of voluntary payment period to citizens to provide liquidity to municipalities. to taxpayers.
All these measures and other measures to be implemented in the coming weeks are structured in coordination with the municipalities with which they are in constant communication, to learn first-hand the damage and the most urgent needs.