According to the opposition parties (the PSOE, the Izquierda Unida, the Bloc), residents’ associations from across Alicante and the residents’ Platform in Defence of the Port, the height of these planned mega-silos and factories, far in excess of the 12 meters general limit, would serve to create a towering wall of massive industrial silos on the city's Mediterranean shores, where no other building in the zone is more than 12 m high.