Urbanization anticipated 6.5 million square metres on the beach in Moncofa (Valencia) between 2010 and 2015 has changed forever the lives of its 5,400 inhabitants. It is estimated that 70% of the residents have benefited with a hail of millions to sell their plots in the marjal to build villas on the beachfront. The developer has caused enormous concern and handle economic fortunes in the majority, but has also pitted families and corrupted old friendships. The EPI has led many neighborhood disputes before the projects.

The visitor had been approached Moncofa just two years ago almost not known at present and would be hard pressed to imagine what will become the town and its beach, both now separated by just one kilometer in just over five years.
Moncofa and its beach today occupy an area urbanized 1.3 million square meters, but the City Council with an absolute majority who heads the socialist José Vicente Isaach, scheduled sextuplicar the area habitable in the construction of 31,500 new homes grao, raise the current 30,000 to 120,000 visitors in the summer.

There are seven planned Integrated Performance Programs (EPI) on the beach, and three others in the village, which will unite the two towns. Moncofa also points to the fashionable sport, golf, with the construction of an 18-hole golf course, and also develop a marina.

The attraction of free and low soil on the coast of Valencia has landed in the population to a suite of construction companies and developers of land to build on the market but that have also enriched most of the neighbors and have changed their way of life .

The moncofí was primarily a farmer, and was devoted to the cultivation of citrus fruits or melons and watermelons. Until very recently, a bad year for the orange resulting in zero investment, restlessness, and even signatures of appliances found it difficult to sell a television. Today, although the last campaign was the worst in years for citrus, or discussed in bars. The money from the Palafanga, derogatory name for the natives for marjal, because it was not for cultivation, can be seen in the cars, in housing and in new bank branches that have settled in the town.

Until a couple of years ago Moncofa enrolled about 100 cars per year, of which 95% were low-end. Last year, according to data from City Hall, were discharged 443 and 290 vehicles were luxury. According to the same data, the average number of houses built in the town was 6 annually, and this year there are already 500 planned.

The pace developer on the beach reaches further 1,400 new homes a year, with dozens of cranes that stand in the areas of expansion. The lottery has benefited urban coastal 70% of the population according to the Consistory, because most have at least a small plot inherited from his parents in marjal, which recently more than 10 years had a low price, and now has been reached to pay more than 500,000 euros hanegada.
Also the municipal coffers have noticed the economic injection. In 1991, the budget of the Municipality of Moncofa not reached one million euros while the calculation of 2005 amounted to 19.5 million euros.

The neighborhoods have done to make money but in some cases have also clouded when not broken relations. And there were many brothers faced because, as is tradition, the father granted citrus plantations to one of them and marjal the other as a form of grievance for misbehavior or simply to not divide over farm crop.
With the revaluation of the Palafanga and evil business of orange changed roles and the first part asked to theoretically desheredado; the latter's refusal led to family breakdown.

There have also been instances where the tradition of making sales with a simple handshake, without scripts have played a trick on me to buyers, that when years later tried to resell their land to developers, they saw as the greed of its former owners had taken them to break the deal and take away the benefit.

The ISPs have also caused many disputes with neighbours. On July 18, about 700 people staged a demonstration through the streets of the town against the mayor's intention to award the company's president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, the EPI Golf, 2.8 million cuadrados.La meter platform neighbors, whose supporters have hung sheets from their windows with the slogan golf itself, not abuse, claims that the new area is awarded to the company Mogar, consisting of the construction company and the Group Xiop Selma, because in theory offers most advantageous terms for the owners and for the borough, at a cost of urbanization 30 million euros lower than Dragados and a reduction in the minimum buildable parcel.

Alvaro Sendra, spokesman for the neighbors supporters of Mogar, criticizes that Dragados has established minimum parcel in the 5,000 square metres, which causes "hardly any neighbor" fallen below the minimum required to dispose of small parcels, and they should come together with others, with the resulting difficulties in negotiating the sale.

They have also led to the trial of Nules the homeowners' association supporters of Dragados to include among its members, supposedly, the names of up to four people dead and others who had not given their consent to "unite in a fraudulent way," Sendra said, the 51% of the owners of the land and that is their alternative which becomes a Partnership Interest Urban, which would give them preference when it comes to deciding the developer.

However, defenders of the proposed signing Perez denied the charges, ensure that the inclusion of deceased owners was a mistake and corrected, and speak of the highest quality of the project and the better integration of the golf course.
Criticize that Mogar intended to maximize the building, and you want to build three towers of 21 storeys, and ensure that, in one of his numerous contacts and meetings, Mogar acknowledged that the alternative of Dragados was the ideal but wanted him outside granted 50% of urbanization, something to which the company refused Madrid.

On August 20 the two companies will meet in the two urban interest groups to try to reach an agreement. Alvaro Sendra said that the pact is necessary and considered "perverse and suspect" that while in other parts of the coastline of Castellón there is "genuine rivalry between various companies attending awards, in Moncofa the City Council" only raise the option of Dragados " .
The spokesman of those who are inclined to Mogar emphasizes that "diversity and competition among companies and the balance is the biggest benefit both for the owners and for the people".