Ibiza City Council updates the figure for storm damage and claims: “We are still without response”.

The Ibiza Town Hall has updated the valuation of the damages caused by the storms ex Gabrielle and DANA Alice, raising the total cost of the damages in infrastructures, municipal services, stores and public facilities to 28,970,673.32 euros.

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The documentation has already been sent to the Government Delegation of the Balearic Islands, as part of the request to declare the municipality as an area seriously affected by a civil protection emergency, pending resolution by the Council of Ministers.

The mayor of the city, Rafael Triguero, has reiterated that Ibiza urgently needs this declaration, as has already happened in other municipalities in the country in similar circumstances.

“After more than a month and a half since ex Gabrielle we still have no response. The damages are evident, they are accredited and the statement is more than justified,” he said.

Detail of damages: more than 28 million euros

The total updated valuation includes the cumulative effects of both storms, with a breakdown by affected areas. The main damages include:

• Infrastructure and municipal services

  • Ex Gabrielle: 14,444,500.99 €.

  • DANA Alice and related areas: 14,526,172.33 €.

• Environment (street cleaning, trees, lighting, etc.):

  • Gabrielle: €3,834,131.85

• Local Police (vehicles and overtime):

  • 30.308,39 €

• Educational centers:

  • Gabrielle: 63,907.50 €.

  • DANA Alice: 77,328.00 € 77,328.00

• Sports facilities:

  • Gabrielle: €307,000

  • DANA Alice: 479,537.67 €.

• Stores in the municipality:

  • Gabrielle: 9,094,000 €.

• Other areas linked to DANA Alice:

  • Museums: €90,750

  • Cliff report: 12,889,430.75 €.

  • Dalt Vila: 38.880,25 €.

  • Beaches: 821,808.85 €.

  • Parc S’Illa: 47.928,58 €.

  • Casal de Igualtat: 38.880,25 €.

  • Urban planning and miscellaneous works: amounts included in the official report

“It is unreasonable that those who have lost their homes have to continue paying IBI.”

The mayor has insisted that the Consistory met all deadlines, preparing in just one week the reports on ex Gabrielle and subsequently completing the update after the DANA Alice.

In addition, he has argued that the declaration of emergency is not only necessary to expedite financial aid, but also to activate tax credits for affected residents.

“It is not reasonable that a neighbor who has lost his or her home or has suffered considerable damage has to continue paying the IBI,” warned Triguero, recalling that the competence to activate these measures belongs to the State.

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The mayor recalled that after the DANA that affected Menorca in August 2024, the affected municipalities received the declaration of catastrophic area in just one month from the application.

“Ibiza has been waiting for more than a month and a half for a similar resolution, despite having damage of equal or greater magnitude,” he lamented.

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