Tag Archive for Andalusia

The Spanish region of Andalucia (Andalusia)

Cerro Gordo Burns Again

Thanks again to the rapid response of the fire and police services, and the absence of high winds, the pine forest of Cerro Gordo was not converted into an ashtray. This latest fire is the tenth since the end of last summer.

Concerns You?

Now, you could be asking how this might affect you – you don’t follow politics in your home country so you are certainly not interested here but… but imagine if you were living in Greece instead of Spain.

Jobs for the Boys?

The party spokesman for the local branch of the Izquierda Unida for Salobreña, Angel Coello, has denounced that the socialist administration under Mayor Gonzalo Pullido intends to increase the number of advisory posts within the town-council administration.

Rural Lane Improvements

The Town Council has approved the project for rural-lane improvements: El Gambullón and La Melcochera with the Plan Encamina2 grant from the Junta de Andalucía. A total of 3,000 metres of the lane surface  will be tarmacked, using a budget of 235,000 euros and with an estimated timescale of two and four months, respectively. First…

El Chucho Topped Up

On the 22nd of March the Nerja Town Hall approved a motion in a Plenary Meeting of the Town Council to send of a request to Demarcación de Costas de Andalucía Mediterráneo to have the town’s beaches sorted out, which had been badly damaged by winter gales, namely El Chucho.

Sewage Treatment Plant for Nerja

The Mayor of Nerja, José Alberto Armijo (PP), announced that things could be moving, regarding the EDAR (Estación Depuradora de Aguas Residuales, or sewage treatment plant), which is about time as Nerja is just about the only town on the Costa del Sol that doesn’t have one. The budget amounts to 40.5m euros.

Peace at Last!

The squabble between Torrenueva and its ertswhile masters, Motril has finally come to a peaceful conclusion, terminating in a document signed by the leaders of both towns. This was a dispute that even had the Torrenueva Mayor, Manuel Carrascosa, staging a sit-in within the Motril Town Hall, refusing to budge until “Torrenueva got what Torrenueva deserved.”

€250,000 Wasted?

The good intentions of the last Benavides administration appears to have resulted in 248,319 euros being spent for nothing. The outlay was to provide access to Almuñécar’s beaches for people with mobility problems; i.e. in wheelchairs. Everything was installed, but the snag is that reportedly nothing is in line with standing regulations, which means, it all has to be changed.