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Locals protest for Orihuela Costa Emergency Services Centre More than 120 people turned out on Saturday (12th December) to protest the non-completion of the Emergency Services Centre in Orihuela Costa. he rally took place in front of the skeleton of the building. Despite the foundation stone being laid in 2010, the partly completed building has stood derelict for years; a symbol of the neglect and abandonment of Orihuela Costa. The protest was organised by CLARO, which invited other political parties and representatives of associations and social groups, as well as local residents to join forces and demand the centre be completed. Many attended, including the Councillor for Coordination of Orihuela Costa Sofia Alvarez and several spoke at the rally. The intention was to hold a broadly based protest to express anger at the
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delay in securing essential emergency services in Orihuela Costa, an area with a resident population greater than Orihuela city, which increases from some 35,000 to over 200,000 in the summer months and to which must be added the presence daily of thousands of visitors to the La Zenia Boulevard Commercial Centre. CLARO’s new president, Paul Piccio, said: “We all need the sure and reliable essential services of police, fire and ambulance which, in a heavily populated area, can only be organised adequately if locally based with local knowledge. The protesters were told of several regrettable recent instances where ambulances have either not arrived at all or after delays of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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