Contract signed

CALPE Council has approved the new municipal refuse collection and street cleaning contract that will be valid for the next nine years.

The green light was given in the last plenary session before the local elections last week to the same company that offered the service until now.

Five firms applied for the contract that was finally awarded to Acciona Servicios Urbanos for €38.7 million, which will include the construction of an ‘ecopark’ deposit centre for hazardous and electrical refuse, a reinforcement of the summer service, and improved vehicles and containers, among other improvements.

Calpe mayor Ana Sala described it as “one of the most important contracts in the town” and highlighted the fact that it replaces the previous one “that had become obsolete after 30 years.”

Until now the service had been carried out without a contract, which forced the town hall to pay the bills each month.

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Doctor Esquerdo monument facelift

VILLAJOYOSA Council has begun building a circular flower planter around the bust dedicated to Doctor Esquerdo on the seafront promenade on Centro beach.

The aim is to highlight and grant greater importance to the monument that is a reference point for residents and a major tourist attraction for visitors.

where they received an award by the organisers in recognition of the support given by Altea Town Hall to the event over the years and the council’s encouragement of Valencian culture.

This year’s performance of ‘Com Sona l’ESO’ was a brand ­ new multidisciplinary performance entitled La persona més feliç del món (‘The happiest person in the world’) and was enjoyed by hundreds of residents in a celebration of music, education and culture.

Work is expected to take around two weeks to complete and the project was designed by local architect Beatriz Llinares, at a total cost of €40,000.

The planter will be open in the centre to enable pedestrians to walk through and thus create an “interaction between spectators and the monument,” according to the town hall.

The bust of Doctor Esquerdo was inaugurated in its original location in the Plaza de la Generalitat in 1915, where it remained until the outbreak of the Civil War.

ONCE again, the generous management of Benidorm Palace will open their doors to host the ninth Save My Life concert in aid of Benidorm Dog Homing.