Sierra Escalona new regulations

WILL the Sierra Escalona be‐come a natural park? The Generalitat is another step closer to confirming its sta‐tus as a natural park with the regional minister an ‐nouncing the public exhibi‐tion of the future Natural Resources Management Plan of the Sierra Escalona and Dehesa de Cam ‐poamor.

This is the long‐ awaited documentation that should be the prelude to the cre ‐ation of a natural park cov‐ering 10,000 hectares that conservation groups have been demanding for more than two decades. The Sier‐ra Escalona and Dehesa de Campoamor is a Special

Protected Area for Birds in the extreme south of the Alicante Province.

Day of Letters

THE town hall of Orihuela Costa is hosting an event on Sunday, April 23 called the ‘Day of Letters’. It will begin at 12pm and finish at 7pm and is being held in the restaurant Los Cucalos on Avenida de Montezenia 1, Orihuela Cos‐ta. Two schools are collabo‐rating in the event, El Limonar International School Villa‐martin and CEIP Playas De Orihuela. There will be live music, an exhibition of the‐matic schoolwork, readings from Cervantes and Shake‐speare, and a book exchange.

This aid is intended to support families in Elche in the payment of hous‐ing ‐ related expenses and in the previous call for applications 8,410 families benefited, hit‐ting €1,348,000.

This year’s allocation is €1.3 million, which can be increased to €1.5 million if necessary. Each beneficiary will re‐ceive €165 in aid.

The basic features of the rules are the same as in the last call.

Therefore, those property owners with a cadastral value of up to €70,000 (which means that 92.78 per cent of the properties in Elche are eligible for this aid), all the requirements re‐lated to the spatial regime of income and special recognitions such as the degree of disability are also main‐tained.

The deadline for sub‐mitting applications is until June 14 and can be made through the Elec‐tronic Headquarters of the city council of Elche or in person at the vari‐ous OMACS.

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