Air raid shelter

will act “as a locomotive for the historic centre of our city.”

The companies aspire to carry out the ambitious ini‐tiative in the heart of the city centre in 15 months for a maximum of €7.2 million.

The project envisages a minimum of 12 catering stalls on the ground floor, which will be converted into an open, diaphanous space.

In addition, it will integrate and musealise the Arab baths and the Civil War shel‐ter, the east façade will be set back and the possibility is open to carry out actions such as removing the central slab of the building or level‐ling the lower floor to facili‐tate pedestrian access to it. Gonzalez reaffirmed that the intervention will not be limited to the Central Mar‐ket. The adjoining streets and the squares will be rede‐veloped to harmonise the area and regenerate com‐mercial activity.

THE entrance to the air raid shelter on Calle Triana from the building of the old courts in Orihuela which has only recently been dis‐covered will be left open to the public once the refurbishment work on the property has been completed.

The construction of the anti‐aircraft shelter was agreed upon in the session of the Munic‐ipal Council on April 28, 1938, in the middle of the Civil War.

The shelter starts on Calle Santa Justa, where the old Local Police checkpoint was lo‐cated, and goes as far as Calle Triana.

It is between two and 2.5 metres high and between 1.5 and 3.6 metres wide.

During the Civil War, it was used as a gro‐cery store. When the war ended it was used as a municipal warehouse until the 1990s

ALICANTE City Council is set to introduce free city bus fares for under‐30s and will maintain the half‐price travel passes al‐ready in force from August 1 until the end of the year.

Alicante City Council has become the first regional gov‐ernment to announce free transport for young people until the end of the year. They will also maintain the 50 per then it closed and a small niche with a tiled virgin was built at the only preserved en‐trance.

Municipal Architect, Esteban Cacho, con‐firmed: “The location of the entrance means a lot because it is a way of recovering histori‐cal and cultural heritage.”