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New Territorial Plan for the Western Costa del Sol presented in Marbella
By h.b. - Feb 3, 2006 - 4:50 PM


Regional President Manuel Chaves, unveiled plans to spend 4.3 billion € over the next 15 years
The President of the Junta de Andalucia, Manuel Chaves, has today announced in Marbella the new Territorial Plan for the Western Costa del Sol. The plan envisages an investment of 4.3 billion € on the coast over the next 15 years. The main project will be the new coastal railway line.
Chaves presented the plan this morning to local businessmen, mayors and others and said it represented the search for sustainable development for the western Costa del Sol.
A total of nine municipalities, with a census population of 320,000, and a floating population of about 1 million, will be affected by the plan which sees improvements in infrastructures and protection of the environment.

Of the total cost of 4.3 billion €, the regional government will put up 30%, central government 25%, local councils 15% and private initiative 30%.

New infrastructure will take up half of the total investment, and the future provision of water supplies will take an additional 20% of the total with the construction of six new desalination plants.