By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 18 Jun 2014 • 11:25
Benidorm: Less peaceful than it looks from the outside.
NOISE pollution, terrace tables that crowd out pedestrians and organised begging are promised “zero tolerance” in Benidorm. Bylaws must be obeyed to the letter, declared mayor Augustin Navarro.
“The traditional balance between leisure and the right to rest has been lost in favour of the first,” Navarro said. He was not going to stand by and let the Old Town to lose its population as people moved out because they couldn’t sleep at night, he added.
Why turn central streets into pedestrian precincts to further business for bars and restaurants if they the pavements with more tables than were permitted, he asked.
Policia Local officers are now checking the number of outdoor tables against town hall records. If transgressors do not remove tables of their own accord they would be officially removed “clients and all,” Navarro threatened.
The town hall is also concerned about the beggars brought into town each day by criminal groups of human traffickers. Although the Policia Local acts rapidly in removing them, they needed the cooperation their counterparts as the gangs are based outside Benidorm.
“Benidorm is a safe place,” said Public Safety councillor Pepe Marcet. “Figures show a low crime rate but that does not mean we can drop our guard,” he warned.
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What about all the beach sellers they are driving tourists off the beach by constantly shouting from 10am until 6pm everday and nothing getting done about it beggars hiding behind cars peamen along beach frontis this not breaking the law
Hi Susan, they are cracking down on the beach sellers, it was only yesterday i was on Levante beach and 2 police officers in shorts were patrolling the beach and running onto the sand catching the men with buckets, they took their wears and issued them with a fine, Pea men are a huge problem still and it is down to local businesses and residents reporting the crime so police can attend the scene, the thieves are very quick to spot police coming as they have many operations going on at the same time and many lookouts, what is disgusting is the English people helping them trick tourists…some people cant make an honest living, the main way to tackle it is for tourists not to fall into the trap and encourage them to exploit others. THe other main difficulty is there are local police who are also in the pockets of the peamen and are paid to turna blind eye, some things are corrupted
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