The title refers to an administrative blockage in the new Nerja sewage treatment plant, with the result that the system is going nowhere, nor is it likely to anytime soon.
And before reading further, or not reading further through a lack of interest because you don’t live there, Nerja’s problems are its neighbours’ problems; i.e., La Herradura and Almuñécar, thanks to coastal currents.
The reason that the whole thing ground to a halt rather than concluding successfully last year, as envisaged, is because the project had to be altered to include eleven more collection points that were not foreseen.
To make matters worse, the temporary union of three companies (Isolux-Corsán-Corviam) to carry out the project – they won the bid as a single entity – has now gone bust.
So, confronted by this disastrous situation, coupled with complete and utter silence from the Central Government, the PSOE and Ciudadanos political parties have demanded explanations from the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy. This is a bit optimistic, admittedly, as the PM has a long history ducking out until things blow over or somebody else sorts it out – el silencio mariano.
“The Rajoy Government promised that the sewage-treatment plant would be fully functioning by June 2016, but not only has that not been the case, but also the construction company has gone bust, meaning that we’re back to square one,” pointed out the socialist regional MP.
His Ciudadanos opposite number pointed out that the land for the installations qas ceded 15 years ago and that it then took ten years for a company to be awarded the contract, in this case to a ‘dubious entity’ according to him. It should be noted, however, that Rajoy has only been in power since 2011 – before that it was a socialist government since 2004.
So, in short, they want answers; what is going to happen and what is not going to happen. In the meantime, everybody is holding their breath – and hopefully that’s the only thing they are holding back.
(News: Nerja, Axarquia, Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalucia)