A More Step Towards Regularization
The Urban Planning area of the City Council has related the procedures intended to receive the urbanization of Muleta I, marking a significant advance in this process of urban regularization.
The land in question, located in the Port, is owned by nearly 130 owners, with around 90 plots, more than half of which already have buildings.
This initiative, which began its procedures six years ago, saw a new push when, in October 2019, the City Council gave the green light to the initial delimitation of the land.
After that, however, the process was interrupted after its publication in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (BOIB) due to the proposal to provide the land with basic services.
A Decisive Step After Years of Waiting
After a recent meeting with some members of the local community, Councilor for Urban Planning and Works, Esther Alfonso, expressed the importance of moving forward with this task after years of waiting and indecision.
Alfonso affirmed: “Although we are still in an initial phase, we cannot allow this urbanization to go unnoticed. It is a necessary and significant step for the future development of the area.”
Currently, the City Council is in the process of notifying all owners to resume the process, also actively working on updating the neighbors’ data, considering that many of the properties belong to foreign citizens.
Costs and Challenges
This move is not unusual for the City Council, as previous steps have already been attempted to achieve the regularization of Muleta I, but the high associated costs have stopped progress.
According to technical reports, the estimated cost to provide the necessary services amounts to 5 million euros, a significant amount for the local administration.
In addition to economic costs, there are other challenges, such as the lack of basic infrastructure such as sewerage, potable water and adequate communication routes.
A Return to the Origins
The Muleta I urbanization has its roots in 1968, when it was conceived as an extension of Muleta II, but its lack of services and infrastructure has been a persistent obstacle over the years.
Declassification and Compensation
In 2018, the Council warned that land would be declassified if it was not serviced within a year, which would have involved serious consequences for property owners.
This threat led to renewed efforts by the City Council to achieve regularization, with a special emphasis on the reception of green areas and public spaces.
Even so, the challenges continue, and currently the urbanization still does not have basic services such as public lighting, sewerage or drinking water.
