Friday, 24

• 20:00. Lecture: "El balneum oriental de Baños de la Reina: new insights from history"
• Exficalp 2019. Philatelic exhibition 275 years "Miracle". Photo exhibition "Calp en blanc i negre". Exhibition room Ajuntament Vell
• Exhibition of the National Poster and Photo Competition "Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos 2019”

Saturday, 25

• 18:30 Children's theatre "Anem a l' Auditori", with the work "Días de nocilla y magia" by Nacho Diago
• Exficalp 2019. Philatelic exhibition 275 years "Miracle". Photo exhibition "Calp en blanc i negre". Exhibition room Ajuntament Vell
• Exhibition of the National Poster and Photo Competition "Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos 2019”

Sunday, 26

• Exficalp 2019. philatelic exhibition 275 years "Miracle". Photo exhibition "Calp en blanc i negre". Exhibition hall Ajuntament Vell

• Exhibition of the National Poster and Photo Competition "Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos 2019

The storm that hits the municipality at this time leaves a balance of considerable damage to beaches and promenades, especially on Fossa beach, where the waves have destroyed the wall of the promenade and reached the interior of the shops. The Les Basetes area has also been badly affected by the strong waves.

At Fossa beach, the sea water covered the entire area with sand and the waves tore down the walls and carried away benches, pavements and street furniture, destroying the tourist information stand. The urban quality brigades have already started to remove the rubble with shovels and trucks, and it is planned that this work will continue throughout the day.

The area of the Arenal beach has also been affected, although to a lesser extent a rock fall, a palm tree and the water have taken up part of the sandy area.

According to Mayor Ana Sala, it is still too early to quantify the expected damage and there are already plans to apply for the declaration of a disaster area. An emergency meeting was held at the end of the morning to determine the measures to be taken in the coming hours.

In addition to the damage to the promenades, a large number of damages was registered, such as falling facade elements, toppling trees, awnings, advertising posters, metal roofs and traffic signs. The sports facilities have also been affected, in the Domingo Crespo Pavilion slabs were cut off the roof and water has penetrated the Ifach Pavilion and the Pista Azul.

 Avenida Juan Carlos I, between the Calle Xàbia and Avenida Jaume I roundabouts, which leads to La Fossa Beach, has been closed to traffic. In the early morning, the Avenida Generalitat Valenciana and Rumanía were also closed, but traffic in this area has already resumed.

On the other hand, the Town Hall and the Red Cross of Calpe provide blankets, warm clothes and hot food for people who need it, and the Red Cross headquarters itself takes in people who have no place to sleep. Yesterday, classes were cancelled in all the community's educational centres, and today we are waiting for the weather to change to decide whether or not to cancel classes tomorrow.

The City Council for Tourism has already designed the calendar of tourist fairs to be attended this year, which represents a strategy of continuity in advertising in the city's traditional and basic markets. In order to maintain the current staffing, but also to make the visit of guests independent of the season, Calpe has developed a program that includes participation in a total of 7 fairs

The calendar starts with FITUR in January, the Salon des Vacances in Brussels in February, ITB in Berlin in March, MEDSEA in Alicante, World Travel Market in London in November and the Dutch Sneak Previer Solmar in Maarheeze in December.

In addition to the tourism fairs, the City Council for Tourism, coordinated by Paco Avargues, runs two major promotional activities, such as the campaign on billboards and Muppis on the domestic market and the Jet2 promotion, one of the main British operators. Jet2 is promoting the winter product as part of its de-seasonalisation plan.

Advertising activities are also planned on the German market and the Scandinavian countries. However, the promotion plan will be consolidated next month when the Tourism Council, whose rules have already been approved, is finalised and the results of the 2020-2030 strategic plan are incorporated.

The plenary session of the Calpe Town Council today dealt with the protection of the last unspoiled land on the coast of Calpe, a plot of land in the Urbanización Manzanera, located directly on the coast, of approximately 10,000m2 with a buildable area of 1.2%.

As the Councillor for Landscape Planning, Juan Manuel del Pino, explained, this is a plot of land on which a building permit could be applied for, so it is urgent to "open a debate on three alternatives: to maintain the current status of the land and grant a building permit, expropriation with the economic disadvantage, or move the development to other areas in the same Urbanización La Manzanera. The latter option, which is defended by the municipal government, would mean a re-qualification of the green spaces and facilities in La Manzanera, in order to use them and increase the possibility of building on the plots that are still to be developed.

All opposition groups have voted against the option of transferring development to other areas. Defendamos Calpe's spokesman, Paco Quiles, has pointed out the lack of a report on the economic viability and uncertainty about the ownership of the land. For his part, the spokesman for Compromís, Ximo Perles, has advocated expropriation in order to save the land, "and to avoid transferring the development potential of one area to another, we do not share the idea of the Landscape Council to draw this option at no cost".

The Socialist Group spokesperson, Santos Pastor, has opted for a revision of the general plan, as "with this proposal we condemn the few green spaces of La Manzanera" and has proposed to open a study on forced expropriations.

The Councillor for Landscape Planning, Juan Manuel del Pino, has stressed the need to be "pragmatic; we know the state of the municipal coffers and we must look for more realistic solutions than expropriation. The mayor, Ana Sala, said that "what we are excluding is doing nothing; we are not willing to pay for this land because there are other owners of other lands who are also waiting for a solution, waiting for the City Council to pay them.

Finally, the City Council has approved the proposal to move the development of this land to other areas, while the opposition has voted against it.

In addition, the plenary has approved the costs of 225,312.80 Euros to the Red Cross for the transport of sick people. The Mayor, Ana Sala, has pointed out that "we cannot stop providing this ambulance service, even if it is not our responsibility; it is the responsibility of the Generalitat (regional government), but it does not delegate the responsibility to us and does not take responsibility for the lack of medical transport service that we suffer in the community".

400,261.20 euros for the transport of waste to the Campello plant were also approved. The municipal auditor has reported that "the City Council issued the tender for the waste transport service, but one of the bidders appealed and we are blocked until the decision is made, but the service could not be stopped".

Also approved, with the votes of the government faction, was a procedure for extrajudicial recognition of obligations over 76,659.87 euros.