El Cabanyal

On 24 July 1998, the local government of Rita Barberà, of the conservative People's Party approved a plan for extending the Blasco Ibáñez avenue to the sea.

The old fishing enclave of Cabanyal-Canyamelar, which was and is very deteriorated, is also considered a Heritage site of Cultural Interest, so the plan could not be applied and the struggle between the Town Hall and the neighbours fighting against the destruction of their home led to a social fracture that has continued since then.

[3] The strategy of the local council for taking the demolition ahead consisted of creating some public corporations (as "AUMSA" or "Cabanyal 2010"), which bought 500 of the houses in the area to be demolished, after pressuring the owners to sell their homes at low prices.

[3] In 2007, Barberà's government sent expropriation letters to all neighbours in Sant Pere street, the main artery in the affected area.

Instead, the local council has the revitalization of the Cabanyal district as one of its main flags, through the rehabilitation and increase of public services in the neighborhood.