PIOC Political Programme 2026–2035

PIOC presents this programme as a long-term plan for Orihuela Costa, organised around 14 strategic areas.

1. Modern and accessible healthcare

• Build a second health centre for the Costa, with 24-hour emergency care and specialist services.
• Press the Valencian Government to improve Torrevieja Hospital.
• Provide direct transport for registered residents to hospitals and health centres.

2. Quality education without overcrowding

• Build a new public school in the Lomas/Campoamor area.
• Create another secondary school for Orihuela Costa.
• Work with parents' associations and teachers.
• Improve shade, sports facilities and green areas in existing schools.
• Create language, music, dance and theatre provision within a cultural centre.
• Expand school transport and improve maintenance of educational infrastructure.

3. Mobility: walking, travelling and living better

• Commission experts to design an effective local transport system.
• Introduce frequent internal bus services and better links to Orihuela city, Alicante Airport and neighbouring municipalities.
• Create safer routes for bicycles, scooters and mobility vehicles.
• Provide more public parking, shaded pedestrian routes and EV charging points.
• Prioritise the proposed bridge over the AP-7 in Campoamor.

4. Green areas and ecology

• Develop a ten-year plan to make the Costa greener, cooler and more environmentally sustainable.
• Plant trees and shrubs annually and map existing vegetation.
• Upgrade parks, connect protected and green areas, and create urban gardens and outdoor sports spaces.
• Promote ecological municipal gardening and environmental education.

5. Logical and sustainable urban planning

• Develop an urban plan specifically for Orihuela Costa.
• Reduce building heights in saturated areas and create more green space between developments.
• Modernise water, electricity and sewerage infrastructure.
• Improve pavements, access and safe pedestrian routes.
• Promote photovoltaic energy.
• Review holiday-rental policy with the stated aim of improving housing affordability for residents.

6. Culture, community and social cohesion

• Create a major cultural centre with library, study rooms, auditorium, exhibition space and community facilities.
• Provide international cultural programming and activities for different national communities.
• Develop modern facilities for older residents.
• Improve existing civic centres and reopen closed community facilities where possible.

7. A stronger, more autonomous local economy

• Create a Costa economic agency to manage projects and economic development.
• Develop a distinct Orihuela Costa/Costa Campoamor brand.
• Support local businesses, employment programmes and innovation.
• Promote sustainable tourism and international cultural events.
• Publish detailed information on income and expenditure.
• Develop industrial/technology activity.

8. Environment and sustainability

• Improve water management, flood prevention and rainwater reuse.
• Protect the coastline and support environmental protection measures.
• Promote clean energy in public and private buildings.
• Develop plans for extreme-weather events and improve recycling.

9. Daily cleaning and maintenance

• Introduce more frequent cleaning and maintenance.
• Use an app for reporting problems.
• Repair pavements, potholes and street furniture more consistently.
• Create dedicated maintenance resources for the Costa.
• Provide land for an ecopark and run civic-cleanliness campaigns.

10. Security and coexistence

• Strengthen local policing and multilingual capacity.
• Seek stronger National Police and Guardia Civil presence.
• Develop protocols for illegal occupation and neighbourhood safety.
• Use security cameras in appropriate locations while respecting privacy.

11. Quality tourism rather than quantity

• Introduce clearer rules for tourist accommodation.
• Promote quality-focused international tourism.
• Improve noise management and environmental recovery of saturated areas.
• Review illegal or visually intrusive street advertising.

12. Transparency and anti-corruption

• Audit money, staffing and contracts at the start of a mandate.
• Create a digital portal with municipal contracts and expenditure.
• Increase citizen oversight and reduce political patronage.
• Review councillor pay and the use of political advisers.
• Publish detailed income and expenditure information.

13. The route toward municipal independence

• Prepare the official technical file required for a municipal-segregation process.
• Document economic viability.
• Gather citizen support and seek institutional negotiations with the Generalitat Valenciana and the Spanish Government.
• Pursue the stated objective of creating a separate municipality for Orihuela Costa.

14. Other proposals

• Create a cemetery and crematorium.
• Create a centre for unemployed residents.
• Review links with the Chamber of Commerce.
• Develop year-round activity around the marina.

This is an English translation and condensed rendering of the published PIOC programme. For exact wording and any later amendments, refer to the Spanish original linked above.