The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Valencia has approved this morning to grant a one-year extension to the Valencia 2007 Consortium, now in liquidation after the departure of the State, to manage until December 31, 2023 the spaces of the Marina del Port of Valencia.
The extension is granted based on the authorization that the Consortium obtained on July 23, 2001, and will be for one year, counting from next January 1, unless the liquidation process is completed before December 31, 2023. the one in which the Valencia 2007 Consortium is located or a new title of occupation of the domain of the spaces that currently make up the current Marina de València will be granted - by competition.
At the end of the meeting of the Board of Directors, Mayor Joan Ribó assured that "the fundamental objective, when defining the formula for the management of the Marina de València, is to preserve the protection and stability of jobs and continuity in economic activity and innovation”.
The mayor defends that "the extension of the Consortium's operation for one year will be a provisional way out while we look for a definitive solution" and, to questions from journalists, he was in favor of a three-party management between the City Council, the Generalitat Valenciana and the Ministry.
The resolution approved this morning affects an area slightly smaller than what the Consortium had been managing up to now. The difference refers to the removal of the old Maritime Station and the Varadero building, two premises in the Marina Sur area that had been left without a title and other small adjustments; all agreed with the Valencia 2007 Consortium and with the Valencia City Council.
In practice, this means that the old Maritime Station, once managed by the Consortium, will become port management, already being the future headquarters of the Valencian association of startups, Startup Valencia, a space that is emerging as coworking with 500 jobs highly-skilled work.
