Lighting up

IN a bid to make Santa Pola shine brighter, a total of seven companies have submitted their bids to the tender for the contracting of energy services and maintenance, with full guarantee, of the outdoor lighting installations, traffic lights and Smart City devices.

The duration of the contract is 15 years, with a base budget of €17.56 million for the total contract.

The councillor for Infrastructures, Trini Ortiz, has highlighted that “among other aspects, 5,739 luminaires will be replaced which represents 85 per cent of the total existing in the city.”

Ortiz stresses that “the estimated savings, in principle, were between 50 per cent and 80 per cent of the current consumption. As a result of the recent sharp increase in the cost of energy, this saving could be reduced until the situation in the electricity market stabilises.”

Santa Pola will have an operations, control, supervision and management centre that will unify the management of all the services and the current control and surveillance systems, allowing for the smart management of the city.

Castle success

IF you enjoy a wander around Alicante and a visit to Santa Barbara Castle you are not alone. The Castle has registered a total of 690,245 visits in its first year of tourist promotion.

This figure is almost double the expectations for the first year that the Alicante City & Beach Tourist Board had in mind.

nication from the city council in your email to be able to download it and have access to the notification.

Councillor for Innovation and Modernisation, Ricardo Recuero, highlighted that since Monday, February 13, 237 certificates have already been issued electronically with this new municipal digital register service.

The Department of Census and Statistics also has a new telephone appointment service which can be used by calling (+34) 607 822 861, between the hours of 9.00am and midday, Monday to Friday.