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krafty
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new malecon in Rosarito
I keep hearing alot of noise about this-does anyone have any info? Always thought the high tides were too high for a venture like this-a vision by the
new mayor, btw.....
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Whats a Malecon? a male that cons you?
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krafty
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A malecon is a stone waterfront, an esplanade, like in Havana, La Paz, Guayaquil, and Santo Domingo.
A boardwalk is a muelle (in spanish).
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Apparently Mexico City has wanted a boardwalk for Rosarito for some time. I don't know why Torres didn't press forward with it while he was in
office. When Mayor Robles went to Mexico City last month, he met with Calderon. They both agreed to move forward on the boardwalk project as a boost
to tourism and to create local construction jobs. The local news carried the story about moving forward on the project. The funding is apparently in
place and they hope to begin this year.
We do have some inside info on it. Last month my family met with FRAO, ZOFEMAT and Mayor Robles for help in clearing illegal occupants from our beach
concession. We watched the YouTube video together and when we showed him the photos of the exact concession area he had a big smile and said we would
be very happy. Our goal has always been to preserve the beach for the people of Rosarito. They told us the section of beach in our concession
(Villas del Mar) would be the key to the new boardwalk project- with a widened children's play areas and workout areas. It was clear in that meeting
our concession would be used for the boardwalk project (with or without our permission we presume). The day after our meeting they came out to the
concession and photographed every bit of it. We had already hired an expert to help us get possession of our concession through the courts in Mexico
City and the Mayor's office was familiar with and supported this expert- so the whole meeting went very well for both us and Rosarito. Since the
boardwalk and our family have the same goal to preserve the beach for the people, we immediately offered our concession to them to streamline their
process and we encouraged them to start the project on our concession. They said they would begin "cleaning up" the beach area in the concession to
show people a project was coming. We figure once the project is complete, we would no longer need to pay 10,000 pesos per year for the concession- so
everyone wins.
The plans have not been made public as far as we know. I'm sure there will be a big PR campaign and announcement by Rosarito when they are ready to
display them. The Boardwalk runs the length of Paseo del Mar in the central residential district of Rosarito. The plans do not show any buildings on
the ocean side of the boardwalk or Paseo del Mar. Apparently there is bedrock 10 meters down and the new seawall will be anchored to it to protect
the boardwalk, the widened recreation areas and Paseo del Mar. Last year an engineer surveyed for the project and estimated the depth needed for the
new seawall.
That's all I have to share. I do hope they move forward on it so the beach and residential neighborhoods threatened by beach erosion will be
protected. But projects like this may never happen and it's too soon to get excited about it.
One interesting note: Our YouTube video is up to 2470 views. There is an "insight" feature on YouTube and so you can track viewer locations and
date. In the past few weeks there has been 30 or so views per day in Mexico, which is a big blip in the chart. People are watching it for a reason
somewhere in Mexico. So once again- thanks to all the Nomads who gave us feedback on the draft versions of the video so it would be good enough to
have this impact.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCRflD9USro
English draft version- not the same, but close...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOXiedDI3JI
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krafty
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Thanks Woooosh-think this is great news, if it ever happens.....
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaSerg
Whats a Malecon? a male that cons you? |
I think you are confusing that with a maricon.
As for gnu's explanation about muelle, perhaps it's a translation thing, in that while technically a muelle is constructed of wood, it is most often
consdiered to be a wharf or dock. Boardwalk, as in Atlantic City, for instance, is not something that juts into the sea, but rather a raised wooden
promenade along the oceanfront.
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Yeah - I thought the city of Rosarito already tried a campaign to attract more malecones from the US back a couple or 3 years ago. If that failed why
would they think that installing a big permanent one would be any better.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by krafty
Thanks Woooosh-think this is great news, if it ever happens..... |
You never know down here Krafty. Stranger things have happened. Eventually they need to protect the central part of Rosarito from erosion. The waves
already come over the existing seawall and hundreds of homes in that area are at risk. So it would serve an important purpose besides tourism. It
would also stop illegal building on that section of beach. If the Feds are on the hook financially to protect the homes there from beach erosion (all
federal zone) this project does that and more. Why build just a new seawall when you can make it so much more?
Calderon believes in his effort to make Mexico the #7 destination in world tourism by 2016 and a Malecon to boost tourism is part of that pipe dream I
guess. The Malecon in Playas de Tijuana is always busy and is even in a few music videos already. If Calderon is voted out next year, I doubt it
will happen unless the check has been cashed and the money is in the bank.
I'll come back to this thread if there is any further news on it or if I see any signs of construction.
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"En el rubro del turismo, Javier Robles Aguirre expresó como proyecto prioritario la construcción de un andador peatonal como malecón en la playa de
Rosarito será indispensable para atraer mayor turismo a la ciudad y que quedó en la agenda de pendientes del Gobierno Federal."
"In the area of tourism, Javier Aguirre Robles expressed, as a priority- the project to build a pedestrian walkway and boardwalk on the beach in
Rosarito as essential to attract more tourists to the city which was pending on the agenda of the Federal Government."
[Edited on 3-27-2011 by Woooosh]
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A little more round-about talk about the Rosarito Malecon project by Mayor Robles. Apparently he has the support of the Economic Development
Secretary Government of Baja California, Mr. Alejandro Munger Lagarda. "Robles described the priority that requires the municipality in support by
the state agency, raised the need for project managers to develop tourism on the beach walker (malecon)."
http://www.rosaritoenlanoticia.info/2011/05/sedeco-y-gobiern...
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Muelle is a pier.
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/muelle
according to that same site, Malecon is a jetty. But I know that Mexicans call a boardwalk a Malecon.
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krafty
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Wow Wooosh-have an inklin' of a hope-wish I could help!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by krafty
Wow Wooosh-have an inklin' of a hope-wish I could help! |
It'll be hard to get the project done. One huge parcel of beach they need now has a "for sale" sign on it. Either it won't ever get built because of
land problems or some Rosarito "investor" will buy the beach and then complain he got ripped off. It does seem like this "new" political party builds
things and is serious about tourism projects. Rosarito Beach had half the Easter week guests of Playas Tijuana and which one of those two is supposed
to be the tourist destination? Robles wants to re-do the whole main street through Rosarito and even coordinate storefront colors to make it more
appealing.
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Wow Woooosh...
That's some story and unreal videos!!!
Too bad that the corruption is so bad and the public and disabled suffer because of it!
Miguelamo  
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Malecon at Playas de Rosarito would be a bad idea. The passengers (floaters) coming off the cruise ships would roll up on it.
Also, it would be underwater by the turn of the century according to the tin foil hatted ecofreaks.
How would Wiiish deal with either of these situations over the next 90 years of posting on Nomads board?
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
Malecon at Playas de Rosarito would be a bad idea. The passengers (floaters) coming off the cruise ships would roll up on it.
Also, it would be underwater by the turn of the century according to the tin foil hatted ecofreaks.
How would Wiiish deal with either of these situations over the next 90 years of posting on Nomads board? |
When you eventually get to see the boardwalk plans you will get a good laugh for sure Gull. It is amazing how far the political party in power will go
out of it's way to isolate the other political party leaders from benefiting while winding around illegal beach developments they support. Spite runs
deep down here.
What's all this tinfoil hat and posting for 90 years stuff? The world ends on Dec 21, 2012. right?
[Edited on 5-6-2011 by Woooosh]
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Woooosh, I stand corrected. I forgot the world ends this year.
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
Woooosh, I stand corrected. I forgot the world ends this year. |
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
Woooosh, I stand corrected. I forgot the world ends this year. |
Gull....do you know what year this is? It's 2011. The world will end next year:
http://www.endoftheworld2012.net/
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My Aztec calendar was running one year fast. Actually, I have lost track of time.
Losing track of time, is a blessing and some day you all will enjoy the same thing.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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