Beautifying Alicante

Anna Ellis

ALICANTE is preparing for the arrival of the city’s highly anticipated main festivities, Les Fogueres de Sant Joan.

In preparation, the city is currently installing ornamental lights that will be switched on today, Thursday June 1 as well as attending to the installation of floral decorations in different parts of the city.

The floral decorations will be dotted around Alicante including the entrances to the Plaza del Ayuntamiento from the Puerta del Mar and in the vicinity of the Plaza de

Calvo Sotelo with Maisonnave at the gates of the Central Market.

The parks and gardens maintenance service, Brota Alicante, is once again

ELEVEN new officers have joined the Local Police of Orihuela after having passed the mandatory course at the Valencian Institute of Public Safety and Emergencies (IVASPE).

The troops began service on Sunday, May 28. Their first job was to carry out work on the day of the elections.

These 11 new additions to the force are added to the restructuring of the workforce pleasantly surprising the people of Alicante with new creations of floral ornaments to welcome the local fiestas.

The municipal Parks and Gardens service and the green areas maintenance concessionary company STV have prepared the city’s flowerbeds and landscaped areas with new compositions of plants and flowers of different heights to make walking through Alicante’s traditional streets more pleasant and highly valued by Alicante residents and visitors alike.