Following a motion in a Plenary Meeting of the Almuñécar Town Council, it was unanimously agreed that pensioners could travel free on municipal buses.

This free, bus pass (Tarjeta M65) is for anybody who receives a pension, such as a disability one, so it is not just for people who have reached 65 years of age.

Of course, this covers pensioners who are resident in Almuñcar and La Herradura: i.e., they have registered on the Lista de Empadronados, clarified the Councillor for Hacienda, Rafael Caballero Jiménez.

This system will not be up and running immediately, as following its approval in the Plenary it has to pass a period of public scrutiny so that those who wish to, can object to it. After that, the process of receiving requests from those who wish to hold a Tarject M65 can begin.

This initiative had been announced during the municipal, bus-service-lease bidding, which has gone to the local company, Roalfa, (part of Grupo Fajardo).

Editorial comment: after my coming birthday I am going to travel around Almuñécar on the municipal bus until my eyes bleed – might even take a sleeping bag with me…

(News: Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada, AndaluciaI – Photo: JM de Haro)