Tram track widening

ed in La Villajoyosa, and Benidorm station, both belonging to Line 1 of the Alicante tram service.

The initial budget is €48,499,160.59, and the execution period is 30 months.

The geographical scope of the project runs through the towns of Villajoyosa, Finestrat and Benidorm..

It is a section of approximately 6.23 kilometres. The planned works consist of doubling the track at the infrastructure level (in the sections where there is no platform), track superstructure and electrification, including the adaptation of the existing drainage works, the execution of a network of ditches adapted to current needs and repair of damaged embankments.

In addition, there will be new security and railway communications facilities and the adaptation of existing ones.

Included in the same project, the stops at Cala Finestrat and Terra Mítica will be adapted, the fencing along the stretch will be renovated or adapted, and the Moralet path will be extended from the existing car park to the north of the Benidorm station to enable it to be used as a hiking trail.

Police presence

TWENTY police officers will now patrol the streets and neighbourhoods of Villajoyosa each day in order to monitor all areas of the town.

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This is one of the first measures that mayor Marcos Zaragoza has introduced, in order that all areas are controlled and public safety is guaranteed. The patrols are distributed at strategic points, both static and mobile, in different areas of the town.

The town policing system coordinates the patrols so that each one follows a strategically defined itinerary, according to the characteristics and needs of each area.

This measure came into operation last week and, according to the councillor for Citizen Security, Jaime Santamaría, “the distribution of the patrols in each area will be modified according to the security strategy set by the council and the availability of the Local Police.”

The patrols are joined by the rural police and beach police

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The beach police also perform surveillance and assist lifeguards when required. The patrols will continue until September 15.

Bell tower

RENOVATION work has begun on the bell tower of the church of Sant Bertomeu in Finestrat.

The objective is to preserve, maintain and, above all, guarantee the condition and restore its original splendour.

“We are going to renovate the two parts that make up this complexthe bell tower itself ­ and in the upper part where there is a small viewpoint. The two parts currently present very deteriorated walls and ceramic elements. Likewise, work is being done on all the open cracks in its surroundings,” said town planning councillor Víctor Darío Llinares LLoret.

The work will be subsidised with a €40,000 grant from Alicante provincial council, which was almost 100 per cent of the amount requested for its renovation.