Seabed clean-up House front restoration

ALTEA Town Hall has launched a new series of grants to restore house fronts in the old town and Altea la Vella.

The grants include €500 for painting, €350 for treatment of damp patches, €150 for removing exterior air conditioning units and another €150 for adapting advertising signs to façades.

“Taking care of house fronts is vital for the general appearance of a tourist destination like ours, as our old town is one of our main attractions,” declared local Town Planning councillor Jose Orozco.

Applications can be filed at the Oficina d’Atenció Ciutadana in the ground floor of the town hall or at the municipal administration building in Altea la Vella, or else online through the Seu Electrònica section on the Town Hall website www.altea.es

The deadline for applications is June 26 and work can be carried out until October 31, with the programme open to all homeowners and communities.

A TEAM of volunteer divers cleared 70 kilos of underwater rubbish from Denia port and the Marineta Cassiana beach last week.

The third edition of the ‘Bussejadors pel medi ambient’ (‘Divers for the environment’) was organised by Denia Town Hall in collaboration with the local fisherman’s guild.

The refuse collected will be stored for future environmental awareness campaigns, such as the one carried out last October with the installation of a sculpture made out of scrap metal and the handing out of broom handles made from recycled plastic