THE WEATHER
Edition 324
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Friday 2nd June 2017
CRIMINAL CONCERNS
orrevieja property owners are more likely to be burgled than any other municipality over 30 thousand residents in Alicante Province. The figures produced by the Interior Ministry in Madrid show crime on the rise in the area, yet falling dramatically next door in Orihuela. There were 404 burglaries from properties in the first three months of 2017, compared to 269 in Alicante City which has four times Torrevieja's population. The figures also show that home burglaries have rocketed by 28 percent compared to a year earlier, with the Guardia Civil's union in Torrevieja calling for more officers to be employed so that the statistics can be
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round 30 thousand Torrevieja residents will no longer suffer the foul summer stenches that come from the city’s EDAR sewage treatment plant, as
reversed. 327 incidents were in domestic homes as opposed to businesses, and that saw an annual rise of 33 per cent. Many houses that were targetted are holiday homes which would sit
empty early in the year. The total number of crimes logged in Torrevieja came in at 1,776 compared to 1,678 the previous year, with a fall in thefts and violent crime bringing some good news.
The poor Torrevieja figures contrast strongly with the neighbouring Orihuela municipality, which saw a 22 percent drop in home robberies compared to 2016, together with a significant fall in thefts.
NICER SMELLS work starts next week on a 230 thousand euro project to eliminate the smells. The smells, especially strong in warm weather, have been a long-standing
problem and Torrevieja mayor, José Manuel Dolón, says this summer be the last time that people’s noses will be put out of joint, with the works set to finish in mid-August. The main problems have
been in the San Roque area; La Avenida de Pinoso; as well as the urbanisations at La Veleta, Mar Azul, los Balcones, Playa Verde, Lo Ferrís, and Lago Jardín including Torrevieja Hospital.
See page 2 for the week´s forecast