Project to demolish three chalets, acquire two plots of land and restore the public area of Llimpa - Santa Madrona in the S'Albufera des Grau Natural Park

The project

In the s'Albufera des Grau Natural Park lie the remains of buildings and roads of the old Shangri-La development built on the Llimpa and Santa Madrona rural estates prior to the declaration of the park. This project will continue the process of restoring the s'Albufera environment, which began with the expropriation of the land from part of the old Shangri-La housing development project by Maó City Council in the 1980s.

On the one hand, the idea is to proceed with the demolition of the three remaining chalets on the public estates of Llimpa - Santa Madrona so as to restore the plots of land to their original condition and, on the other hand, to acquire the two isolated plots that are currently part of the Sa Boval Vella estate.

Likewise, the plan is then to proceed with the recovery of structures and elements linked to the previous agricultural activity which were damaged by the housing development works or things which have deteriorated over time such as dry walls, gates, wells, pathways or stream bridges, enclosures and roads, etc.

Once the buildings have been knocked down and the rubble has been removed, the affected lands will be restored, by the laying of soil and sowing of forest species native to the area, such as wild olive trees, holm oaks, heather, Mediterranean buckthorns, etc, all with seeds from the natural park.

At the same time, partial restoration of the entire public area of Llimpa - Santa Madrona will be carried out, mainly through the recovery of agro-livestock structures, such as dry walls, gates, wells, pathways or bridges, enclosures and roads, etc.  All these elements were damaged during the housing development process of these lands or they have deteriorated over time.