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FCC Construcción to carry out the refurbishment that will turn the Club de Mar Mallorca into the most modern port in the Mediterranean FCC Construcción and the Mallor- can company Vías de Obras Pú- blicas (VOPSA) will be responsible for carrying out the refurbishment of the Club de Mar Mallorca, which will transform Palma’s seafront at its western end and open up the port to the city. Once the agreement between the club and the construction compa- nies has been signed, the work is expected to begin in the autumn of this year and will be completed in 2012, after the Balearic Islands Port Authority (APB) and Puertos del Es- tado, a body dependent on the Mi- nistry of Development, have given the green light to the project. Borja de la Rosa, president of the Club de Mar Mallorca, has assured that the election of FCC Construc- ción and VOPSA, two “solvent and prestigious” companies, guarantees the development of a reform “aimed at turning our club into the most mo- dern and sustainable recreational port in the Mediterranean”. The work on the Club de Mar Ma- llorca, added De la Rosa, “will begin the overall reform process of Pal- ma’s Paseo Marítimo and will give a strong boost to the concept of inte- grating the harbour-city promoted by the City Council in collaboration with the APB, by extending the areas for public use of the concession and creating a connection axis between the Paseo Marítimo and the Cruise Station, in addition to the improve- ments in the services that the new facility will enable us to provide to our members and users”. The director of the Club de Mar, José Luis Arrom, has highlighted that its socio-economic impact will be very important for the city. “We expect to generate around 500 new direct and indirect jobs and that the investment in infrastructure will translate into a value of the facilities of 170 million euros at the end of the The APB Board of Directors approved the Club de Mar Mallorca renovation project on October 18, 2017, which meant the extension of the concession period until 2044 in exchange for investments in public space worth more than 50 million euros. Also, as part of the agreement, the nauti- cal sports entity, founded in 1969, under- took to pay the figure of 250 million euros in fees over 25 years. These figures turn the Club de Mar Mallorca project into the most important recreational nautical pro- ject in Spain. The largest nautical work in Spain concession period. This implies an unquestionable benefit for the public sector through private initiative”. The project places sustainability and respect for the environment among its priorities. “We wanted a 21st century port, adapted to the demands and social sensitivities of our time. The new facility will allow us to expand the policies of environ- mental efficiency, quality, safety and service that we have already been implementing,” adds Arrom. The Club de Mar Mallorca project is the most important recreational nautical project in Spain. C O M M U N I T I E S 48 C O M M U N I T I E S