It may sound exotic, but it’s actually happening. Double Wake SL, a company specializing in sports facility management, has the following projects underway: Creation of an artificial lake with a depth of 36,600 square meters … Cable skiing activities are scheduled on the soil of Alcalá de Guadaira, very close to the Palmete district of Seville. A mechanical system that allows the practice of water skiing and so-called “wakeboarding”, the same sport that uses a board.
This primarily involves other complementary activities such as: Campsite for campers, restaurant, parking lot, shopaims to revitalize some land in the city of Alcalá, adjacent to Seville’s Palmete district, which is currently in a state of disrepair, through an ambitious proposal for adventure sports and tourism.
Specifically, this project is planned as follows: 103,356 sqm site located between the layout of local highway A-8028connecting the SE-30 ring road and the A-92 motorway. and Cercado del Pozo, land belonging to the municipality of Alcalá, very close to Palmete’s house in Seville.
The promoter is planning to develop on such land. An artificial pond with a surface area of 36,600 square meters, a volume of 54,900 cubic meters, and a maximum depth of 1.50 meters. Like a lake with an island in the center;It also features eight metal towers, 7 meters high, set on the ground to support skiers’ tow cables. Next to this sports area there will be a store for purchasing tickets, boards, helmets, life jackets and other materials related to this type of sport.
“As President of the Andalusian Cable Skiing Federation, the Promoter aims to popularize and practice this sport by promoting the spread of this sporting activity in the south of Spain with the help of reference sports facilities,” the project emphasizes. “The promoter company’s experience with similar facilities in other parts of Spain. The closest geographically is the facility in Alamillo Park.”despite its small size, has a very high occupancy rate during most of the year.
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This cable ski center has Third category of camping for motorhomesAccording to the terms of the project, it will “serve skiers and foreigners and accommodate 87 cars with separate parking spaces of 96 square meters each, accommodating one vehicle per plot with electricity and water services.” In addition to showers, changing rooms and other necessary facilities.
Additionally, this project includes the following installations: A restaurant where you can use play areas such as beach volleyball and petanque.;Because the idea is that the whole venue forms a sports and leisure center. The 370 square meter restaurant will have an “outdoor terrace, both at raft level and a visitable deck, as an elevated viewing platform” to celebrate the evolution of skiers, according to the project.
That’s why this plan also includes a parking lot. 108 cars, 4 buses In addition to parking spaces for staff, it is located in the entrance area of the future sports complex.
Planned actions include: Local reforestation with native species to create an attractive landscape environmentfree areas and/or garden areas totaling 38,547 square meters, representing 37.6 percent of the total site area. revitalize your space “The forest is now completely cleared and filled with debris.”
Project plot location
Proponents of this project are also conducting research on: «This activity is economically viable and Probability close to 100%»; “The initial investment amount is 866,300 euros, with land and the necessary technical means, guaranteed by contributions in the form of share capital and financing from partners.”
Coincidentally, this initiative was already in its initial stages many years ago, and in fact, the Alcalá City Council approved the project at its November 2018 management meeting. Nevertheless, the Andalusian military government subsequently published an unfavorable report on the premise that the land in question was one of the “opportunity areas” collected by the United Nations. Territorial planning plan for the Seville region (Potaus) And the municipality had to be developed before approval by Andalusia’s current urban planning law at the time, LOUA.
« Following the approval of the law in July 2021, Sustainability in Andalusia (List) and the transitional provisions of the general regulations developing it, the processing will be resumed as a temporary measure for a period of 30 years, extendable according to the conditions laid down in said regulations,” the project document says of the “new processing.”
Treating common undeveloped land without protection. The promoter company claims as follows: « Full compatibility between planned buildings, uses and environments The conditions “on non-developable land and nearby buildings of informal industrial use” also comply with the General Urban Planning Plan of Alcalá de Guadaira.
Therefore, after the recognition of the Council of the City Council of Alcalá de Guadaira; The initiative will be processed again on September 12 and faces a mandatory publication phase.for the installation of this unique sports, tourism and leisure equipment in Seville.
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