camprabassa still has not found any private ready to invest in Naturland. “At the moment there is nothing tied up, but we are working on it”, the Consul Major pointed out yesterday, Cerni Cairatin subsequent statements to the common council. Attracting external capital would reduce dependence on Naturland respect of public financial contributions and guarantee the viability of the company.
The search for private capital is one of the most important objectives of the park’s master plan for the next eight years. If these investments did not arrive, alternatives such as the partial closure of activities would have to be put on the table or even the orderly liquidation of the company, an option that would have a cost of between 14 and 15 million euros if it includes staff compensation, the restitution of the land to its original state and the return of the debt with the municipality and the financial institutions, as the highest communal manager already explained in July in the council of the municipality.
“(The measures of the plan) They will have to grow the turnover and make the company profitable”
Carat remarked that camprabassa is already applying measures to improve the numbers of the park, among which the containment of the staff costs and the addition of new attractionssuch as the double zipline at the 1,600 Eclipsi level. Measures that “will have to grow turnover and make the company profitable”, pointed out the consul. However, the communal manager admitted that the “decline in visitors” a Andorra in the summer”it also affected Naturland” and therefore the economic results of the equipment.
At the same time, the consul he remembered that he is already in the project to enable more parking spaces at level 1,600 is underway. This action, the president added, will have to allow the uncontrolled parking of vehicles on the road in the future and, in return, improve safety in this section of the Rabassa road.
Milestones
Since opening in 2007, Naturland has accumulated economic losses constant and has always depended on direct contributions from the community to survive. The rebranding of the summer of 2021 and the new commercial policy, based on the increase of the average price and cost containment, have not yet met expectations.
Another key project for the future of Naturland is the transformation of the 1,600 level. The Rabassa plain it will recover some of the original appearance. The concrete and other artificial elements will be removed and part of the waste from the landfill will be used to create new levels, where native plant species will be replanted. The master plan also includes the restructuring of the company’s debt, transferring short-term debt to long-term
The old town of the parish.
MORE FACILITIES TO ACCELERATE PROJECTS IN THE OLD CORE
Until now, when someone wanted to do a major project in the old town, they had to guarantee a number of parking spaces according to the law. The places had to be inside the building or, at most, 500 meters away. In many cases, especially in old buildings, this requirement could not be met due to technical issues, and the result was that the works could not be carried out and the buildings were abandoned. From now on, the owner or promoter will be able to pay 24,000 euros for each square that he would have to make and thus be able to move forward with the work.
With this measure, the common intends that the empty or disused properties they can be fixed and put back on the housing market, and that the money collected is used to improve public services such as, for example, parking lots. It is a formula that is already applied in other corporations.
The common has detected that the regulations were not being applied correctly and, for this reason, the ordinance foresees a transitional period of two years to regularize the properties. The minority group asked that the regulations also include financial sanctions for those buildings that accredit spaces on land that actually have a different use than parking.
