News, views and information from Motril
The Motril Port Authority has restarted improvement & modernisation work on the passenger terminal these past few days, now that the summer, peak-passenger period for ferry lines to and from North Africa is over.
Every summer we are reminded that the section of the N-340 between Salobreña and Torrenueva Costa badly needs another lane becaue of the traffic pouring off the A-44 where it connects at the coast.
The Central Government has announced that they will be extending a grant for 6-million euros to two hotel projects; one in La Herradura and the other on Playa Granada in Motril.
The Policía Nacional in Motril have arrested, yet again, a middle-aged man for burglar, suspected of forcing his way into two establishments in the town centres on two separate days.
Around two in the afternoon yesterday a small motorcruiser caught fire next to the Motril Port Yacht Club, injuring two from the same family; the boat owner and his daughter.
The maritime signaling beacon on the Playa Granada groyne that was washed away by a storm has been rebuilt and put back into service.
A man phoned the Policía Nacional in Motril and said that he had unfortunately stabbed his neighbour a couple of times.
The Motril Councillor for Culture, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, announced yesterday the forethcoming Enclave de Sol jazz festival at the end of this month.
Saturday saw an open day at Motril Port until 14.00h, so that visitors could tour the port installations as well as board some of the ships based their.
Medical staff from the Southern Granada Health Management Area, gathered at the doors of the Centro de Salud Motril Centro to express their “total rejection and absolute condemnation” of the attacks on medical staff last week.