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FRIDAY 26th FEBRUARY TO THURSDAY 10th MARCH 2016
EDITION 545
Major boost for Playa Paraiso with 20 million euro scheme
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LAYA Paraiso is to receive a major tourism and residential boost in 2016, with a luxury apartment block leading the
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The ambitious plan for “Ocean Garden” will transform the present building in calle Aljibe and will begin in the second quarter of this year, Adeje council has revealed. There will be 151 one, two and three bedroom apartments, with the work taking between a year to 18 months to complete. When the sales office opened, 15 were sold within the first five days! Adeje council says Playa Paraiso will see a new lease of life as a result of this and other projectw which include the new Hard Rock Hotel, also a refurbishment. Councillor for urban planning, José María Álvarez Acosta said a tremendous amount of confidence was being shown in Adeje by the construction industry which has kickstarted following the long years of the economic recession. The calle Ajibe building was built some time ago and has long awaited renovation and restoration. Sr. Acosta said the council was intent on doing only the best for Adeje and scrutinised each and every proposal. “Ocean Garden” is promoted by the company Nuevo 2012 SL which is based in the south of Tenerife and plans to invest 20 million euros in the completion of one of the first buildings started in Adeje. Nuevo 2012 SL says the announcement of the Hard Rock Hotel in Playa Paraiso had bouyed their confidence about the future of the municipality of Adeje and acted as “a springboard for investment”. The plot for the new apartment block stands on 7,600 square metres and the apartments range from 60 to 100 and 120 square metres. Most have large terraces with sea views and the ground floor ones have gardens. There will also be a community pool, solarium, gardens and 156 parking places on three underground levels, plus a shop of more than 500 square metres. The sales office is located in the building and has a scale model to show what the completed scene will look like.
Big clear-up after bad weather
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Mount Teide once again HE north of Tenerife once again took the brunt of bad weather which saw heavy rain, plum- became one of the most photographed sites on the meting temperatures and snow on the moun- island as it was covered with
snow. Very pretty it might have been but it caused a lot of traffic problems and access was at times prohibited because of the dangerous conditions. At one stage, weather experts recorded minus 12 degrees on Teide with about four centimetres of snow. The wind was also very strong at up to 129 kilometres an hour in some locations. Firefighters were kept busy with a number of call-outs, mostly fallen trees, flooding and uprooted signs. La Orotava council said there were no serious incidents in the municipality but staff worked throughout the day and night to keep roads open as there were a few small landslides.
Taxi in ravine plunge
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HIS the dramatic scene firefighters faced when called out to an accident in Santa Cruz.
A taxi had plunged down a ravine in calle Pedro Suárez Hernández just after 10am and the driver was trapped inside. The vehicle ended up on the rocks in a place very difficult to access and the fire crew had to cut away barriers at the top of the road to help with the rescue of the man and recovery of the vehicle.