In the absence of a few final touches, El Poble Nou de Benitatxell has already opened the new playground with a skatepark area at the entrance to the municipality on Xàbia, at the foot of the Santa Maria Magdalena church. Besides this
space for children and young people, the action has also included the redevelopment of the sidewalks, new lighting and the introduction of trees and landscaping.
Specifically, in the playground and skate area, a complete remodeling of the space has been carried out that has renewed the image of the whole and has optimized the spaces. A single pedestrian passage space has been set up accompanied by green areas and a continuous zigzag bench has been installed that serves both to delimit spaces. The park also includes new play elements such as a climbing area, slides, seesaws and a sandpit. With regard to the main road, trees have been installed by means of tree pits every two parking spaces and new LED lights.
This area occupies a strategic place in the population, since it is one of the first scenarios observed by people who access the historic center of Benitatxell from Xàbia and the nearby urbanizations in the north of the municipality. In its immediate surroundings there are also some of the most emblematic buildings and locations of Poble Nou de Benitatxell: the church of Santa María Magdalena and the Municipal Cemetery.
Until now, the state of deterioration of the area and the poor quality of the design of the space, as well as the lack of vegetation, offered an unattractive image. The purpose of this project has been, in short, to improve the urban landscape of this access front, solving at the same time the problems of operation and the lack of coherence of the playground and the skate park.
"This action is one more example of the town model that we want to achieve, with a lot of green, beautiful and welcoming for people," said the Councilor for Urban Planning, Jorge Pascual. In addition, he added, "a request from the Consell de la Infància i l'Adolescència is being addressed, which on several occasions have requested that the unevenness problems of the skatepark be solved".
Vandalism the first days of opening
Unfortunately, the park has been the object of vandalism in its first days of opening. This Tuesday, the skatepark area has dawned with a large hole in one of the ramps, a mattress and remains of garbage. The municipal services have already taken care of removing the mattress and the waste, and the hole in the ramp will be repaired shortly.
From the City Council they regret these unfortunate and disrespectful acts, which damage facilities that belong to all the pobleros and the pobleras. The government team asks to respect this and other common areas, and requests the collaboration of the citizen in case of witnessing events of this type.
