Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 24 - 30 June 2021 Issue 1877

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The people’s paper Issue No. 1877

24 - 30 June 2021

Smoother ride THE Diputacion council will spend €509,000 on improving 300 roads in 80 Alicante Province municipalities whose populations do not top 5,000. These include Formentera, Daya Vieja, Daya Nueva, Granja de Rocamora, San Isidro, Benferri, Algorfa and Benijofar, where potholes will be repaired and weeds cut back to improve visibility.

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Dozing snake A VIDEO of a metre-and-a-half ladderback snake spotted snoozing in one of River Vinalopo’s retaining walls near Elche’s Puente de la Virgen bridge soon went viral. Experts explained that these snakes are common in the area, but are also harmless and pose no danger to the public.

Washed up ALICANTE City’s Local Police, alerted by a Tabarca resident, went to the island to inspect a large package discovered on the shore. They found it contained 70 packets of hashish, each split into five tablets weighing 500 grammes, which are now in the keeping of Santa Pola’s Guardia Civil.

Flying high THE memory of the late Orihuelaborn poet Miguel Hernandez is now officially incorporated into Alicante airport’s name following a ceremony attended by Jose Luis Abalos, Spain’s Public Works minister. Also present was Hernandez’s daughter-in-law Lucia Izquierdo who thanked those who had made the change possible.

Photo credit: Maria Wilson

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INDEFATIGABLE FUNDRAISERS: The Pink Ladies and Panthers take on the fight against cancer.

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Vega Baja flood protection REGIONAL government officials working on Plan Vega Renhace re‐ cently inspected the River Segura upstream and downstream from Orihuela. They were there to assess the current state of the river following the repairs and restoration that were necessary after the storms caused by the Upper Level Isolated Depression (DANA) of Septem‐ ber 2019. Their visit preceded publication of the 2021‐2027 Plan Hidrologico del Segura that will set out Generalitat measures to min‐ imise risks and protect the Vega Baja from a repetition of the 2019 catastrophe whose effects are still being felt. Together with work at the Tabala dam in Beniel (Murcia), this en‐ visages increasing the Santomera reservoir’s intake of water from the River Chicamo and Abanilla watercourse, as well constructing controlled flood plains and corridors.


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