Take a stroll through some of the newly renovated areas of Dénia And looking up still reveals the same outdated sight as always. Cables and more cables crisscrossing the urban sky. An aesthetic and functional situation that... Development political Gent of Dénia wants to put a stop to it abruptly, demanding that every new public works project carried out in the municipality must include, as a mandatory requirement, the burying overhead cables provided it is technically and economically feasible.
This isn't a new idea. The political group has been advocating for this measure for years as a logical and planned step toward modernizing the city. According to them, a simple walk through different neighborhoods is enough to confirm that these tangles of cables remain a daily reality on numerous streets. These aren't isolated cases. It's an ongoing issue that directly impacts the city's image and, they argue, demonstrates a lack of planning in current public works projects.
A neighborhood demand that reached the Plenary Session
This demand goes beyond party lines. In a citizen survey conducted by Gent de Dénia in 2025, the residents themselves identified the undergrounding of electrical and telephone cables as the second priority problem to be resolved. The public spoke clearly at the time. Precisely for this reason, the group brought the initiative to the City Council with the aim of drafting regulations that would require the inclusion of undergrounding in public projects. However, the group regrets that the request has fallen on deaf ears.
Missed opportunities in the latest reforms
The party's discontent is heightened when looking at the most recent urban development projects. Works carried out in such emblematic locations as Glorieta, María Hervàs Square or Sagunto Street In the eyes of Gent de Dénia, these represent genuine missed opportunities. The ground was opened up, the surface was renovated, but the cables remained above ground.
“When carrying out a public works project, you also have to think about the future. If you don't take advantage of this moment to introduce improvements like burying the power lines, you're unlikely to have that opportunity again for many years,” argues the independent group. They also insist that their proposal doesn't seek to dig new trenches out of thin air or drastically increase public spending. The key lies in planning ahead: using the money that's already going to be invested to progressively improve the city. For Gent de Dénia, politics must respond to the real needs of the residents, and they have already made their position clear.
This is something I've requested directly from the Town Hall (Las Marinas area), not just in the city center, gentlemen of Gent Dénia!! We also RESIDE here and are of God, and the cables are practically within reach!! That's right!! Like a banana republic. Take a look.
This is something I've requested directly from the City Hall (Las Marinas area), not just in the city center, gentlemen of Gent Dénia!! We also RESIDE here and are of God, and the cables are practically within reach!! That's right!! Like a banana republic. Take a look because it's not just aesthetically pleasing, it's dangerous.
This is something I've requested directly from the City Hall (Las Marinas area), not just in the city center, gentlemen of Gent Dénia! We also live here and are part of God, and the cables are practically within reach! Seriously! Like something out of a banana republic. Take a look around here, because it's not just aesthetically displeasing, it's dangerous.
The argument is coherent in this matter, but I'm not at all clear what positive things they would do for the general public and disadvantaged people in particular if they were to govern the municipality of Dénia. Their ideology seems confusing, vague, and contradictory to me.
Left-handed people like that third-world image
It's not just the wiring; the wooden poles, over 20 years old, twisted from overloading and full of cables hanging over the vegetation of the houses, crisscrossing pine trees and other woodland throughout the urbanizations from Marineta Casiana to Las Rotas, Camí Alt and Baix Denia Jávea, Partida les Troies, are a fire hazard. The poles pose a danger to the safety of people, whether on foot or in a car. The City Council refers you to Telefónica, even though it is the City Council itself that issues the permits. Until the wiring is buried underground, the City Council should demand that the poles be replaced and made taller, but not taller.
Following the publication of embarrassing photos of the tangle of cables above the houses of some neighbors, the people of Denia have learned of the problem; better late than never.