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Sixteen-Year-Old’s Fatal Fall Prompts €14 Million Safety Upgrades and Civil Lawsuit in Marina de València

Local restaurateurs had warned for a decade about the wall’s decay before the 2022 dissolution of Consorcio Valencia2007.

Desperfectos en la Marina de València
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Overview

  • On June 2, a 16-year-old student fell from a four-meter-high wall in the Marina de València and died of head injuries after police confirmed it was an accident.
  • Marina Premium association submitted a certified 2014 proposal to replace the wall with a laminated glass railing at its own cost but Consorcio Valencia2007 rejected the plan.
  • Following the 2022 liquidation of Consorcio Valencia2007, responsibility for maintaining Marina de València’s public spaces remains split between the Ayuntamiento de València and Autoridad Portuaria de València.
  • The port authority and city council have agreed to invest €14 million in barrier reinforcements, infrastructure repairs and landscaping around the Veles e Vents complex.
  • Mayor María José Catalá announced that the city council will file a civil lawsuit against the four restaurants operating in the Marina for failing to issue formal safety warnings.