The much-needed stretch of autovia between Gorgoracha and Puntalón was 75% complete when all work ground to a halt; the construction company Isolux Corsan had struck an unexpected strata of rock that would require a lot of extra funding to reroute the construction work.
Tag Archive for Carchuna
Good News for Pensioners
by Editor •
The Chairman of the Local Entity Council for Carchuna- Calahonda has announced that there will be a discount on rubbish tax for pensioners that receive less than 900 euros a month. It’s worth explaining that a ‘Local Entity’ is the term for an autonomous municipal annex of a larger town, in this case, of Motril.
Carchuna Not Chuffed
by Editor •
The idea of opening up the beach road to 2-way traffic was supposed to be an apaño (temporary fix) to the problem caused by the new paseo wall – in that aspect, it has obviously failed.
Carchuna Loses Out?
by Editor •
The Spokesman for the conservative-led Diputacion de Granada, Jose Torrente has strongly criticised his socialist predecessors – the Diputacion, long in the hands of the socialists, has just changed ‘tenants.’
First Step, First Stone…
by Editor •
Politicians are given to presenting work projects, on site, with a ceremonial first-stone placing – and normally, that’s it, with not much else happening on the project for months or even years to come. Let’s hope that this is not the case with the presentation of the Rules Reservoir pipe connection to the east coast of Granada.
Chuffed Carchuna
by Editor •
Thanks to an agreement between the Motril Town Hall and the Junta the Paseo de Carchuna will have parking space. What’s more, two-way traffic will be maintained during the summer.
A-7 Rescued?
by Editor •
The question is; whom do you believe? The Government states one thing but the facts on the ground indicate another – the opposite, in fact.
Cucumber Mountain
by Editor •
Anybody that strolled onto the beach at Carchuna would probably have done a double back flip, as we did, when they came across the incredible amount of discarded cucumbers on the beach… but we’re not talking about the odd slice left over from a cucumber sandwich, nor the peelings from a salad, but the 25 million kilos of surplus cucumbers that were dumped in protest.
Country Lanes to be Tarmacked
by David Darby •
Two further tracks are being asphalted in Motril, one being Camino de Canal and the other is camino Cortijo Los Vázquez, all