Monthly Archives: January 2012

Two-Monthly Electricity Bills

Just as consumers are getting used to the idea of monthly electricity bill, it has now been decided to switch back to two-monthly ones. Gone, then, will be the ‘estimated readings’ so that you will only be charged for what you have actually used.

More Country Lane Improvements

The rural lane that leads from the top of Cotobro, up past the old rubbish dump, which links with El Pago de Guerra above La Herradura, as well as Peña Escrita, Albita and Cantalobos is having its verges cleaned.

Barrio Espinar

Now that the mains have been laid along La Herradura’s Calle Espino, work has commenced to spruce up the said street.

Gelibra & Rio Seco Alto Work

The Almuñécar Town Hall has busy up in Río Seco Alto and Gelibra, sorting the tracks out, as part of the Planes de Obras y Servicios Provinciales, Belonging to the Agricultural Board of the Junta de Andalucia, through which funds are made available for the improvement of rural-lane networks.

New Mayor for Motril

Carlos Rojas, Mayor of Motril, has his sights set higher that the mayoralty of a coastal town; with the backing of his party he has forwarded candidacy to be Parliamentary Deputy for Granada in the Junta de Andalucia; in other words, an MP in the regional government in Sevilla.

Landslip Virtually Fixed

The landslip at the mouth of the Cotobro tunnel on the La Herradura side of the N-340 has all been put right, with the near completion of a very robust retaining wall.

Missing Fruit Crates

Come on! admit it; who hasn’t got a plastic fruit crate amongst their possessions, being very handy boxes in which to store things? Well, quite a few readers will probably be nodding.

Mirror Thief Apprehended

We could start by saying that the police had been looking into it for a while… but we won’t. The fact is that the Guardia Civil arrested a 39-year-old Moroccan man who confessed to have stolen eight sets of wing mirrors off cars in Almuñécar.