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Almería installs barriers and drafts regulations for motorhomes, while Cabo de Gata park evicts vehicles. In Cantabria, activists protest a planned motorhome zone in Oyambre, calling it illegal.
Spain is seeing growing tensions between authorities, environmentalists, and motorhome owners. In Almería, the city council installed physical barriers at the former fairground to prevent illegal parking. As a result, caravans moved to other areas: about twenty trailers remained near the Family Park fence and the Auditorio Maestro Padilla parking lot, another twenty settled on new streets in the Vega de Acá district and in the Andarax park, using bus spaces. The official Delta del Andarax motorhome parking by the sea remained partially empty.
In the Cabo de Gata natural park, evictions are also underway due to environmental damage. The municipality is drafting a specific regulation for such vehicles. Registration of new motorhomes and campers in Spain rose by 26.4% in March.
In Cantabria, the Salvar Oyambre platform warned that creating a motorhome zone on the coast of San Vicente de la Barquera would cause damage. Activists argue the project is incompatible with the protected status of the natural park and violates the law.
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The Salvar Oyambre platform warned about the damage from creating a motorhome area on the coast of San Vicente de la Barquera. Activists say the proje...
The Salvar Oyambre platform warned about the damage from creating a motorhome area on the coast of San Vicente de la Barquera. Activists say the project is incompatible with the protected status of the natural park and violates the law.
After the city council installed barriers at the former fairground in Almería, caravans have relocated to other areas. About twenty trailers remain ne...
After the city council installed barriers at the former fairground in Almería, caravans have relocated to other areas. About twenty trailers remain near the fence of Parque de las Familias and in the parking lot of Auditorio Maestro Padilla, another twenty have settled on the new streets of the Vega de Acá district, and some are also in Parque del Andarax, using bus parking spaces. Meanwhile, the official motorhome parking area at Delta del Andarax by the sea remained partially vacant.
Authorities in Almería have intensified measures to restrict motorhome parking in urban and natural areas. In the provincial capital, bollards were in...
Authorities in Almería have intensified measures to restrict motorhome parking in urban and natural areas. In the provincial capital, bollards were installed and access to a former fairground was blocked, while in the Cabo de Gata Natural Park, vehicles parked in protected zones were removed.
Authorities in Almería are installing physical barriers at the former fairground site to prevent illegal motorhome parking. The municipality is also d...
Authorities in Almería are installing physical barriers at the former fairground site to prevent illegal motorhome parking. The municipality is also developing specific regulations for such vehicles, while evictions are taking place in the Cabo de Gata Natural Park due to environmental damage. Registrations of new motorhomes and campers in Spain increased by 26.4% in March.
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