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Driving from Dénia to Xàbia in the middle of nature, a trip more dangerous than pleasant

January 22 from 2023 - 08: 20

Dénia and Xàbia, two municipalities separated by just 7 and a half kilometers but between which the distance seems much greater. And the truth is that it is, because the roads that connect both towns extend the route by having to skirt the Montgo. There is, however, a "fast" alternative that we usually end up resorting to and that does not require skirting the mountain, but rather going over it. Now, it is not the most pleasant journey.

The Les Planes highway, along which hundreds of vehicles circulate daily, is the most frequently used shortcut by the residents of Dénia and Xàbia for journeys between municipalities. This route avoids having to go around the entire Montgó and thus losing valuable minutes. In addition, it allows you to have a pleasant tour among nature. Or so it seems, because it turns the road into a death trap in some sections.

The vegetation of the Montgó that surrounds the asphalt has long since invaded the road. The lack of cleaning in the last months of the sides is causing nature to recover ground. This could be somewhat anecdotal if it were any other route, but the particularities of Les Planes make it quite dangerous. We are talking about an extremely narrow road, with continuous sharp curves and stretches along huge precipices.

Blindly and without asphalt

The bushes that have slipped into the road prevent proper visibility, which can cause collisions with vehicles that do not appear in the driver's field of vision. In fact, it is usually a conflictive road, in which crashes become common.

The only impediment that the vegetation has to definitively take over the road are the vehicles that circulate on it. The cars are literally trimming the bushes with their passing. What's more, in some you can even see the shape of the mirrors.

As long as there is a risk of using Les Planes as an option to travel between Dénia and Xàbia, asphalt will continue to exist, but if the abandonment of the road by those in charge of keeping it clean were to spread to drivers, in a few months it would be all over again. mountain.

Comments
  1. Pepe says:

    Although in this case we are talking about the "Les Planes" road, in that same context, there are dozens of roads, paths and shoulders that surround Dénia that suffer from the same thing, ABANDONMENT and NEGLECT, I mean, it is not necessary to go up Les Planes to encounter the same problem, it occurs to me, for example, the Camí Coll de Pous on both sides of the road, the ravine is not that it enters the road, it is that it is part of the asphalt, also for example, the camí assagador de the flat, or what is the same, the camí de la cantera, as ambulances and large trucks do not pass through there, it does not seem that it affects users and neighbors much, or we are silent, the carrer D'Ulisses, the camí de le Monges, that is, the camí that takes us to Madrigueres, until very recently, in the last section before going out onto that road, there was a time, years, that the grass that grew on the fence and on the sides of the road, they forced you to drive in the center of the road, which is fine. until another expensive vehicle comes along with the same problem, by that I mean that more than one has had to sacrifice the mirror, so as not to scratch the car, etc, etc, anyway, with a bit of luck, who knows, the same Someday “els moros y cristians” parade, or “les carrosses” pass through one of these areas and we get them to clean it up. I am almost convinced that the people responsible for this not happening do not pass through these roads, neither family nor friends... or it is impossible not to notice, anyway, in the meantime we will continue to pay, surely if not in this life or in the next another one will work out.

    • Luis says:

      all right. It's not that they don't know, it's that they don't seem to care, besides, where is the public money for the maintenance of traffic routes, roads, highways, etc.? because the concept in the budgets exists and we pay taxes for it, but it is obvious that they do not do the job, therefore, what do they use that public money for?


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