Town councils of Northern Catalonia, Generalitat and Chambers of Commerce applaud the Camí de Mar project
In the last meeting was also attended by many of the Girona municipalities already adhered and several professional associations.
The Camí de Mar project continues to gain followers by leaps and bounds and yesterday was a new demonstration, during the presentation session that took place at the Hotel Cap Roig in Platja d'Aro -Hotel that is part of the Brava Hotels Group, which together with Vichy Catalan, are the two main sponsors of the project-. The event was attended by Kiryat Mercado, general director of the coast of the Department of Territory of the Generalitat de Catalunya; representatives of the municipalities of the Costa Vermella; Serge Pallarès, president of the Sea Parc of Golf de Lion; Pons Feliu on behalf of the Parc Natural del Cap de Creus and also of the other Parks of the Girona coast; as well as the presidents of the three Chambers of Commerce of the counties of Girona. Also present were councilors, mayors and mayorsesses of different towns of Girona, some of them already adhered to the project.
The representatives of Camí de Mar explained the project, emphasizing the need for it to be a territorial consensus: “to find the most correct, kindest and most respectful route possible”, a fact for which he indicated that: “it had to be made, valued, studied and agreed by all the protagonists, without excluding any sector“ ‘, for which it is necessary the creation: ’of a panel of experts to validate the idea as a whole”.
In this sense, Pons Feliu, on behalf of the Natural Parks, emphasized the fact of “respecting what the law of the natural parks establishes and of taking advantage of the paths that already exist at present, even if they are far from what would properly be a route along the seashore”.
Serge Pallarès also explained that: “this was a very interesting project, both for Catalonia and for Northern Catalonia” and expressed his willingness to work together with the promoters of the project.
In the same line was Kiryad Mercado, to whom the responsible of Camí de Mar made the request to be the representative of the project at the time of speaking with the Department of Coasts, to Madrid. Mercado explained her willingness to do so in the face of a project that she assured could be a very important asset for the Catalan coast.
The president of the Chamber of Commerce of Girona, Jaume Fàbrega, also emphasized: “the much work already done by the promoters of the project”, as well as: “the fact of having private sponsors”. For their part, those responsible for Camí de Mar emphasized that the project has to be a tool for tourism, health, economic impact on the territory and seasonal tourism.
The support of the Girona town councils
This is the second presentation of the project in recent months. The first one was basically addressed to the representatives of the Diputació de Girona and the city councils of the demarcation, with a total of almost thirty councils.
Many of these councils have already joined the project and some of them yesterday also participated in this second meeting, making clear their willingness to work from the respective municipalities to meet a schedule that marks 2025 as the key to make the starting signal for the implementation of the project, in its first phase of study to which the different sectors must participate.
