Resistance up

AUTHORITIES in Torrox voted unanimously against an electricity substation on Wednesday, February 1. The power station has been planned for the last 18 years but faced repeated resistance due to environmental, aesthetic and safety woes.

Torrox Council voted unanimously against granting planning permission for Endesa’s electricity substation to go ahead in Torrox park. Ex­mayor Francisco Muñoz originally gave permission for the site back in 2005, but a technical review was not completed until last year.

Although the technical report found that the site could go ahead, councillors at the plenary session last week voted to continue looking for alternatives to the site.

Local councillor for Urban Planning, Jesús Sánchez, acknowledged that looking for an alternative solution to the substation was difficult and is likely to take time, but assured local residents that the council would do all they can to create a solution.

The mayor, Óscar Medina also expressed his concern at the substation project, particularly as the former mayor also gave planning permission to a school on nearby land.

The council announced its partnership with the Asociación Esperanza, in the ‘For fairer care’ campaign, with a new manifesto which pledges to improve cancer detection services in the region.

The ‘For fairer care’ campaign is a global policy being run by the International Union Against Cancer which the Spanish Federation Against Breast Cancer and 47 more affiliated groups throughout Spain have joined.

The campaign focuses on detecting cancer as early as possible to limit its devastating effects, creating more comprehensive treatment programmes and support for cancer sufferers and their families and to survivors.