The two underground car parks are going well. The latest update puts the termination date for both projects in May, right down to the flower gardens on the surface, which unfortunately means that both Christmas and Easter could still be disrupted by the continuing construction work in Velilla and San Cristobal.
Tag Archive for costatropical
Yet More Blue Zones
by Editor •
The PSOE claims that there is a new drive to implement yet more Blue-Zone areas in Almuñécar. Their party leader, Francisco Prados, suggests that it is little more than another push rake in more money for the municipal coffers.
15 New Chefs
by Editor •
The Town Hall has provided a course to train 15 chefs, accepting candidates from the town’s unemployed.
Social Services Strike
by Editor •
The social services, provided by Adhara, narrowly avoided disaster when a strike that was set for the 20th of November was called off.
Death in a Gully
by Editor •
Many in the foreign community have already head about the tragic accident that occurred on a country track, when a car with four youngster inside, who were returning from a Halloween party, drove off the track and plummeted to the bottom of a steep barranco (gully).
School Dinners
by Editor •
The IU councillor, Fermín Tejero, has asked the Junta de Andalucía to annul a planned increase in the cost of school dinners.
Benny Faces Cape Horn
by Editor •
The Mayor has a tough month coming up with a swarm of court cases to attend as the accused: he has a total of three trials and an appeal case.
Fining Campervans
by Héloïse Nolan •
A new decree from Motril Council has wafted its way down the corridors of power and is now being implemented by the Tourism Department. Continuous complaints from residents living in the tourist zones of the beaches, golf course and near the camp sites of Motril have sparked this new initiative.
Red Beetles vs Palms
by Héloïse Nolan •
The red beetle is back and causing damage to palm trees at devastating levels and beginning to alter the Costa Tropical panorama. It is reported that over 500 trees have died during the summer months when the red beetle is at its most active.
Avenida de Salobreña
by Héloïse Nolan •
Let’s start the betting! Motril Council has said it is going to try and get the Avenida de Salobreña opened in time for business by Christmas. Now let’s see. From the time of writing this on 23 November, that will give approximately 20 working days for the works to be completed!