Ignoring the fact that the majority of the mayors and other politicians are PP, the Costa Tropical has rebelled against the socialist Junta.

The Junta de Andalucia has decided that no more marinas will be built in Andalucia, which considering that there are only just over 400 berths on the whole of the Costa Tropical, is pretty depressing.

Consequently, town halls, associations and even private individuals have submitted a total of 449 allegations against the Junta‘s plans; i.e., Plan Director de Puertos de Andalucía 2014-2020. The said plan has been published for public scrutiny and the formal registering of written objections, or allegations.

The most common complaint is that the proposed law will stifle the economic development of the Granada coast.

The fact that the Junta considers that Andalucia has more than enough berths is merely salt in the wound – Málaga might have more than enough, but Granada certainly doesn’t.

So let’s look at the facts. According to the national association of marinas, Andalucia has 70 of marinas spread along its coastline, giving a total of 21,706 berths. And what is Granada’s share? A pitiful 2.9% of the marinas and a even more pitiful 1.9% of the total berths.

Cádiz has 24 ports (7,990 berths), so we can conclude that it doesn’t need anymore. Neighbouring Málaga, in second place, has 16 marinas (4,837 berths – ten times more than Granada) Even the province of Sevilla, which doesn’t even have a coastline has more marinas than Granada.

So it’s not so difficult to see why the Costa Tropical is not a happy bunny over this one.

The Junta has promised to dedicate 120m euros to the PDPA, which sounds generous until you compare it with how much the Junta has set aside for its Plan de la Bicicleta... 420m euros! Strange priorities, some consider.

(News: Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)