The front page this month concerns itself with the ongoing (or not) issues in relation to the completion (or not) of the A-7. However, this little article is more concerned with the local issue of not a single light on the La Herradura exit from the A-7.
The lack of lighting has been a problem now for several months, and is the result of unscrupulous thieves (is there any other kind?) who stole all the copper wiring for resale in the now very lucrative scrap metal market.
It was believed, at first, that the lack of lighting was yet another cost cutting exercise, as the lights are functioning from Malaga right up to the La Herradura junction. But, as it turned out, the crafty cable cutters had the booty away whilst the Taramay to La Herradura section was under construction, and although all the relevant paperwork has been submitted, and the contract to replace the cable has been given to a new company, they haven’t yet deemed it necessary to get their act together and actually lay some new cable and perhaps shed some bloody light on the matter!