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Your Essential Weekly Read Tuesday, October 7th 2014 - Edition 552
Torrevieja To GeT iTs new Dual CarriaGeway aT lasT! THREE and a half years since the previously notorious N332 became a pleasure to drive on with the stretch between Guardamar and Torrevieja completed with a dual-carriageway, the Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon, is delighted to announce the news that part of the State Budget for the city will include 15 million euro for the necessary road extension on the Torrevieja “bypass”. Specifically, there is 1 million available in the 2015 agreement, 5 million in 2016, a further 5 million for 2017 and the remaining 4 million in 2018. Every time there has been a serious or fatal accident on the single lane stretch of road between north of La Mata and the exit for Torrevieja Hospital; the last of which being the tragedy that cost the life of a British woman and her two-year-old daughter, questions have been asked as to when it was going to get the vital upgrading. The blame for the delay in this project has often been laid firmly at the door of the previous PSOE Government in Madrid who, even though land was made available to widen the section of the N332, announced
that they simply didn’t have the funds. Torrevieja’s governing PP team said at the start of 2014 that the original negotiations to arrange this welcome state funding from Madrid began in November 2011 when Mariano Rajoy became Prime Minister, and after years of alleged neglect by the previous Socialist government. There’s also an extra 12 million euro from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, for part of the Land Restitution Plan developed during the building of the desalination plant close to the hospital. Like the budget for the road widening project, the cash will be split with 4 million next year and 8 million in 2016. Mayor Dolon also announced that 409,000 euro will be invested in 2015 towards a new road from the CV-95, bypassing the N-332 near the Torrevieja Hospital. In total, Torrevieja will receive 28 million euro from central Government between 2015 and 2018, and those hoping for the long awaited National Police Station and a train line into the city are going to have to wait at least another 4 years!
DouBle Torrevieja TraFFiC TraGeDies averTeD Two local tragedies were averted on Thursday night in Torrevieja. The date of October 2nd is significant in the Catholic Church as it’s the Feast of the Guardian Angels – the Patron of Torrevieja’s Local Police and for one person at least, the Angels were certainly on hand to help and save a life. According to witnesses, a man drove his car into the sea off the cliff at Cala de la Higuera and had to be rescued by police who, once arriving on the scene after the alarm was raised, showed no hesitation in jumping into the sea having carefully navigated their way down the treacherous terrain. The brave rescue was hampered by the stormy weather conditions and the rough seas at the time. Sources said a 67 year old man was
rushed to hospital and admitted with symptoms of half drowning, multiple bruises, breathing difficulties and hypothermia. While all this was going on, in another part of the city, another man drunkenly drove his car into 11 parked vehicles located in Calles Del Mar, Ulpiano, Patricio Zammit and Pedro Lorca, as well as destroying the furniture on a bar terrace. He was detained by passers-by until the police arrived. One witness who helped restrain the man and was visibly shaken up said “It was a miracle no one was killed.” Police sources said it happened near the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre and that the driver was a young man who was under arrest in Torrevieja Hospital.