Building new roads always causes controversy because it takes up land ,often from people who don’t want to sell it .Now developments to the CV-70 have been announced from Benidorm to alcoy and already the voives of dissent can be heard.

The regional public works council has at least announced that this “road improvement” will not be a new motorway.They say hat all of the environmental issues would not permit such a project to take place.

The Public works councillor says that the project is to widen the CV-70 and to make it safer by getting rid of the dangerous bends in it.It is going to cost between 120 million euros and 150 million euros,depending on whether the plan a 400 metre tunnel or a 1 kilometre long tunnel.Bypasses would be built around Benimantell,Benifato,Confrides,Benasau and Benilloba.The widened road would also be connected to the Alcoy to Alicante motorway and to the Benidorm bypass.

The socialist opposition in Valencia see the whole announcement as absurd as the councillor has so many unresolved projects ongoing that to add another at this time is not acceptable.