The delegation from Vilassar de Mar (Maresme) that has traveled to Madrid with the intention of presenting the Almadraba Interpretation and Maritime Activation Center project to the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, as published by La Vanguardia last day 13, which would allow the iconic Palomares to be preserved on the beach, has not received good news. Two final judgments of the Supreme Court dictate the demolition of the building.
Agustí Martín Mallofré, spokesman for BricBarca and promoter of the cultural project, has detailed on his social networks that the meeting with the Director General and Deputy Director General of the Coast and the Sea, has been “very intense” and has lasted an hour. Both have liked the project as it has a “cultural, sustainable and sporting component, very powerful”. However, the first detail that has jumped on the table is the existence of two final judgments of the Supreme Court, which force the demolition of the building “which makes any new request difficult.”
The mayor of Vilassar, Damià del Clot, who presided over the municipal delegation, acknowledges the complexity but insists that “we still do not have a refusal, they say they will study it, but they have not said yes either.” The first mayor reports that the Ministry has summoned them to negotiate with the State Coastal Demarcation in Barcelona and the Generalitat, since the city council must request a new concession.
Del Clot, however, acknowledges that “the sentences are the main stumbling block” but that the state attorney on leave, Manel Silva, who also attended the meeting, affirms that “it could be a surmountable obstacle.” The meeting was also attended by the president of Foment de Treball and former deputy to Congress, Josep Sánchez-Llibre.
On May 14, the keys to the building must be delivered to the Demarcation of Coasts and Agustí Martín informs that the law does not contemplate cultural uses, since according to the Ministry “these can be located in other parts of the municipality.” He acknowledges that despite “not having left enthusiastic, they have summoned us for a second meeting.” The Coastal Law has the objective “to leave the beaches clean for public use, demolishing the buildings that are out of concession and the Palomares have it between their eyebrows,” he acknowledges, because he has been in this situation for more than 30 years.
In parallel, Martín also announces that, legally, “we will study the formula to find a crack, since the problem is a legal obstacle that must be overcome.” Finally, the dean of the Faculty of Nautical Barcelona, ??makes a football simile to summarize the situation: “we have reached the second overtime losing 0-1, with a player sent off, but the game is not lost, far from it” .
