No 876 Monday 19th - Sunday 25th July 2021
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Despite being fierce opponents, the opposition Socialist party PSOE Supported the PP in the vote rihuela Costa was completely excluded from a package of 9.5m investments approved by a special meeting of the Town Hall plenary last Thursday. This is a huge disappointment for Orihuela Costa which lacks so many facilities and services.
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The coast is showing signs of major abandonment with rubbish accumulating in the streets, many streets in bad state of repair, no second health centre, no cultural centre and an emergency services centre which is still not completed after 10 years of delay. The €9.5m investment package will be dedicated exclusively to projects in the
City, restoring a series of historic buildings and improving the historic centre. The €9.5m were taken from funds left over which have not been mobilised because of tensions between the governing coalition of Popular Party and Ciudadanos and their inability to agree a general budget. general budget.
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