Busting the weeds

Of the 200 applicants, 104 are from the city of Alicante. The Head of the Local Police of Alicante, Jose Maria Conesa, confirmed: “Now they have two months of practice in their local councils. We are going to assign them to different units. It will be very useful for security at Easter and Santa Faz, for example.”

In two months they will finish their training and they will be re-evaluated. When these 104 officers take up their posts, the city of Alicante will have more than 560 officers.

BENITACHELL is waging war on weeds. Two teams of two workers have now been assigned to cover all areas of the municipality to deal with what has proven to be one of the council’s hardest tasks.

Municipal company Poble Net SL has put together a monthly schedule to stop weeds from taking over in both the town and country areas. The new plan was set in motion at the beginning of the year with a view to ensuring continuous maintenance to keep the weeds under control and stop them from taking over. The weeds are now nipped in the bud, and workers are able to cut back vegetation before it has time to take over, facilitating the task