According to Vélez-Málaga Council, the TSJA ruling will allow them to repay the remaining €2.7 million owed to residents of El Copo relating to noise pollution over a period of fifteen years.
Vélez-Málaga Council to set up commission to investigate the El Copo situation
In 2008, Vélez-Málaga became the first municipal authority in Spain to be ordered by the courts to pay compensation to local residents as a result of distress caused by noise pollution over a period of thirteen years and the matter is still dragging on.