Day after day, the beautiful dream of a great 33rd America's Cup in Valencia is cracking.

Today, Valencia Mayoress Rita Barbera has stated that there is a clear willingness on the part of America's Cup Management to allow the dock in Valencia Port to be exploited by the 2007 Consortium until a date has clearly been set for the next edition of the Americas Cup races, and in the light of the fact that the concession of the dock to ACM ended on December 31.

Mrs Barbera added that she hoped it would become operational by the spring.

The Mayoress made this statement just before she started a meeting with Jorge Bellver, the Urbanizing Councillor, and added that on Monday she had had a meeting with Cristobal Grau, the Sports Councillor to learn of the state of affairs regarding the dock following the 32nd edition of the Americas Cup.

The dock is also now the scene of the works necessary for the Formula 1 race and the platform bridge was being dismantled yesterday.

In a later meeting with Gerardo Camps the Economy Conseller, Mrs Barbera studied the possibility of returning the dock to its normal function .