Should you inaugurate a public structure before it is completed or should you wait? Opinions differ in Calahonda after the inauguration of its seafront paseo.
Should you inaugurate a public structure before it is totally completed or should you wait? That is the point of discrepancy between the Mayor of Calahonda and the chief opposition party.
The Spokesman for the socialists (PSOE) Juan Alberto Ferrer, considers that the townsfolk were flabbergasted by the fact that there was still construction machinery and fenced off areas there. Furthermore, the ‘green areas’ were decidedly not ‘green.’ What sort of inauguration ceremony was this, he asks.
In short, he considered the paseo a construction site still in parts: “we’re inaugurating something because we’ve run out of time, so we’re not good at maths because we can’t calculate time and we’re no good as managers, either, because we’ve got a badly done paseo and what is worse, it’s hindering local businesses.”
The First Councillor for the ELA (semi-independent township) Concepción Abarca, remarked that it should have been finished in time for Semana Santa, but the crisis caused by the lack of materials, the road-transport strike and the hike in prices, had delayed things. Consequently, she has asked locals for their patience as it is not totally finished and there are still inaccessible areas behind barriers.
Editorial comment: Torrenueva Costa had exactly the same problems, but still managed to get their suspension bridge over the cliffs finished in time for summer, despite shortage of materials etc. All seaside towns need their promenades in tip-top conditions for the summer crowds – after all, they are just as important as the beaches.
This – what can only be described as a slipshod – inauguration was a pretence at having done a job correctly. It would have been much more acceptable to simply open what parts of the paseo were finished and dispensed with the absurd ceremony.
(News: Carchuna/Calahonda, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia – Photo: Granadhoy)