Focus on Local News continued registered in Huércal-Overa should be able to apply, whatever their nationality. At present, some 1,798 people are registered as un-employed in the town. Domingo Fernández, the mayor, states that this is the first scheme of this type in the area, if not in all of Almería province.
bingo will be fined for the operation of bingo sessions that did not have the proper licences. Licences for these and other activities that count as gambling with a monetary prize can be obtained from the appropriate authorities but any activities deemed as illegal are often inspected and shut down.
Port Dredging Nine companies have put in bids to dredge the ship entrance to Carboneras port. The cost will be about 1.5 million euros and 60,000 cubic metres of sand will be removed. 90% of the sand is of high quality and will be distributed on a Carboneras beach and the Escobetas beach in Garrucha. The existing port entrance is becoming something of a safety problem with narrow access. Previous dredging operations revealed that the sand was excellent for beach regeneration.
Arboleas CCTV The Mayor of Arboleas, Cristóbal García, is intending to put video cameras on all public buildings to combat vandalism and robberies. A more controversial idea is that this surveillance may be extended to areas of major population if residents approve. This follows the robbery with violence experienced by an elderly British couple. Three people were arrested for this offence including a young British man from Albox.
Vera-Cartagena Toll Road
Following the September floods, the AP7 toll road to Cartegena was partially shut after major damage to a viaduct. The repairs involving extensive rebuilding and reinforcement was completed in the first week of February and this stretch was re-opened. A few days before, the companies who built the toll road announced a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding as the debts of 550 million euros could no longer be Prettiest Towns and Villages re-financed by the banks that originally lent the 650 The Association of the Prettiest Towns and Villages million euros to finance the construction. Last is an international association that carries out surveys September new talks with the banks proved fruitless. in Spain, Italy and Belgium. At the recent “Fitur” tourist fair in Madrid, Mojácar and Lucainena de las Sea Rubbish Torres received awards for Almería province for Garrucha fishermen have been forced to collect locations with a population of less then 15,000. The rubbish that is floating in the sea since the September mayoress of Mojácar and the mayor of Lucainena floods. So far they have netted and landed 200,000 were presented with official certificates by kilos. The rubbish includes vegetation and trees as representatives of the association. well as car parts, animal remains, suitcases, and other household goods. The mayor of Garrucha, Juan Bingo Shutdown Franciso Fernández, is trying to get compensation Police from the Andalucía section that deals with for the losses in income from fish landed caused by licences for gambling and arcade games recently the rubbish, and money towards expenses in diesel shut down a bingo event in Zurgena. They confiscated where the normal fishing grounds have been the bingo machine, sound equipment and all the contaminated. Some fishing boats have had to fish bingo cards along with 390 euros in cash. The much further away from their normal areas in an proprietor of the bar where 21 people were playing ef for t to find uncontaminated water s.
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