As one can read in the Spanish press the first brick will be laid at the new Paramount Pictures theme park at Alhama de Murcia during April 2012. I can see this project sealing the fate of the PortAventura Theme Park and people will fly direct to the new park down South.It will of course also effect Reus Airport and House/Flat rentals in our area and that of the park.The new park will be the size of 256 football pitches. See the video below. The Catalonia park looks tired and needs a vast amount of reinvestment to bring it up to date. 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WQbdFWbkC7Y

"Move along,nothing to see here folks".........wont be finished till 2062 and I'll be dead by then

The deal was that it will be open in 2015 and it is noted in the contracts.......cancel the funeral Nobrot.  :'(

Well........ in 2006 I came to El Pinell de Brai. The locals just made a deal with Cern to build the biggest solar-panal fabric and a huge solar central next to the village. Within a year the build would start with a 25 Ha project. In the same year in Gandesa (6 km away from Pinell) a German company should start with building a large fabric and create 800 jobs. Never heard of both projects again.

And even if they do build this theme park by contract; it's over 500 km away and most of the Portaventura visitors come from around catalunya. For the interational visitors it's just one of the attractions of the Barcelona-region.

I personally think a bigger blow to Reus airport is the current Ryanair price list and limited service.
We, and our friends used Reus up to a dozen times a year at least..... but this year we are all booking into Barcelona on Easyjet because of price and flight frequency....even if you take into account the mileage and the tolls, a couple can make substantial savings this way.

Would normally agree with you Harvo,but have just booked a return flight yesterday (with Ryanair) from Reus to Bristol (Mid April) with good take off & landing times (both ways) for approx Euros 50 return!  :)
Have always found easyjet from Barcelona (El Prat) to be fairly priced & also plenty of flights to UK (Although they seem to cancel some flights very quickly at the mere hint of bad weather in the UK)

A flight from holland to Reus with Ryanair will cost me about 30 euro. The transfers from home to airport and Reus to finca cost me more.

I don't complain about Ryanair prices, it's even cheaper then walking! And the service maybe limited but for this price I find it a miracle they actually transport me in a plane with seats and I don't have to row on a galley ;D

I would love to use Jet2 Leeds/Bradford -Barc with the 22kg  bag allowance, but Ryanair always works out the cheapest for me,yeah and no rowing for me  El Alto.
Talking about Spanish projects LOL , anymore news of the new!!! dry canal getting any closer to getting any wetter ?

Give me Ryanair everytime. I have just returned from Uk. door to door 12 hours -easy jet from Barcelona.It takes less than half that time from Reus.
The dry canal has had water in it,but it's gone now although the bottom resevoir has been filled, so what's going to happen next is a mystery !!

Yep, have to agree,just booked 2 flights for end of April return Dublin to Reus + 4 days car hire for 192e total including petrol allowance - We live 60 miles from Dublin airport and can be door to door either way in 6 hrs.

[smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif] [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif] I am just very happy that Ryanair are coming back to Reus.
Having used Barcelona and Easyjet over the winter, I cant wait to sing Ryanairs praises.. Come on folks he's the best value for money we will ever have... It was costing me twice as much to get to Barcelona and back, than to fly UK with Ryanair.. Long may he prosper. [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]

[quote author=445C5D58595B415A40555D5A47340 link=1328486962/7#7 date=1328632041]I would love to use Jet2 Leeds/Bradford -Barc with the 22kg  bag allowance, but Ryanair always works out the cheapest for me,yeah and no rowing for me  El Alto.
Talking about Spanish projects LOL , anymore news of the new!!! dry canal getting any closer to getting any wetter ?[/quote]

Would anyone care to tell the story of 'The dry canal' please.

I am curious because we had a look at a property that overlooked it at christmas.
Thanks

If you search Google with 'historia canal seco xerta la senia' you will find a few bits of information about it.

or: http://territori.scot.cat/cat/notices/canal_xerta_la_sEnia_533.php

From what I have been told it was one of the last of Francos projects before his death. It was never completed and was abandoned. Over the years attempts have been made to revive it with little success in agreements between the various mayors.  A few years ago they finally reached an agreement and the current works were started; planned in phases over various years.

It seems (due to lack of money most likely) to have ground to a halt. I'm sure it will be re activated at some time.  The idea is to move irregation water from Xerta to La Senia. Many locals believe it is a part of the currently abandoned plan to move water to the Valencia province.  There have been many protests about this over the years.

There is also a plan to build a new road to bypass Tortosa, Roquetes and Jesus.  One of the proposed routes (and possibly the most likely as it has the least impact) follows the canal so be careful or you may end up with a dual carriageway passing your house.  Again, due to lack of money, this doesn't seem to be progressing but all crisis end at some point....

I'm sure there are people out there who have more information about the canal..

Nigel

As I said the other day the dry canal has had water in it and one of the resevoirs is full. Electricity has been installed upto the resevoir, so something is happening very slowly.I`m not expecting to irrigate my land any time soon.

Thanks Nigel for the link, they have done a heck of allot of work so far on it ,might if I get five minutes spare LOL take a drive along the new track to see how far they have got ,definitely new channel past were I turn of, past the bridge over it , on the road to Mas de Barbarians.
As for new road wouldn't that be good, but I wont hold my breath in this lifetime !!! ;)

Well I don't know if holding your breath is a good idea.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KZdSlJ8fUKU/TwQywNSr0zI/AAAAAAAAQ0U/Bwyq7Guj-X4/s1600/xerta_senia.jpg

The latest on the canal according to the Marfanta is that the canal will be built with private finance!

http://lamarfanta.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-sembla-be-que-el-canal-xerta-senia.html

347 millions worth and then the builder will get a 30 year concession to exploit the sale or rights for using the water.  The impossible may yet happen.

But thinking of impossible things, what about the second hospital in Tortosa?  The sign is still up on the road from Roquetes to Ferreries.  This one I reckon is very very dead now.

Thanks for all the info, its very enlightening.

I cant complain about Ryanair. My wife and I have been able to travel to Barcelona twice so far this year, without Ryanair there is no way we could have done this. It used to cost me a lot more 20 years ago. :)

The runway at the brand new Castellon airport is too short and will cost some 80 million euro to put right. Read below about the total waste of money ongoing even though no planes in the airports present state will ever be allowed to land there. Its about 102 k from Tortosa.To Barcelona it's about 150k from Tortosa so maybe it would have been another route back to the UK ?   :-/

http://www.tumbit.com/news/articles/4835-the-continued-wastage-at-castellon-airport.html

What a waste of time and money, on the airport in Castellon.
Ongoing excuses etc. of not being able to use it.
Some months ago I am sure they were saying that the runway there was approx. 2.4 km. long? and could take almost any of the big planes? 
The other week it was built in the wrong place because of cross winds, and now it's too short??
Will any of us ever get to use it?

Mr O'Leary would like to wish all forum members a happy new year.   ;D

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Our son is flying out here from Bristol on 31st March for a two week holiday.  We booked the tickets today and Ryanair to Reus, which is just about an hour's drive away, costs less than £100 return, all in.  Easyjet to Barcelona, which is two hours away, is £240 return.  No competition.

So the picture is of Mr O'Leary showing how many hours Barcelona airport is away!   :)