THE WEATHER
Edition 326
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Friday 16th June 2017
HIGHWAY IMPASSE
rogress on upgrading the N-332 to a dual carriageway in Torrevieja is being held up by the Valencian regional government not having produced a good-enough plan for the development, according to the national government in Madrid. They say that despite the call for changes, they've heard nothing back from the administration for five months. The Public Works Ministry has sent a letter to Torrevieja mayor José Manuel Dolón stating that no budgets can be allocated for the project until the Valencian administration produces a viable plan. Back at the start of April, The Courier reported the concerns from Madrid, and that Dolón wanted to "unblock the paralysed proj-
ect" The Ministry has stated that they have written to the Valencian leadership, adding that there are what they describe as "deficiencies" in their proposals, which were made public months ago. They say that a dozen points needed to be
addressed including land and environmental issues, yet five months on, they say that they have not received any amendments from Valencia. Last autumn Dolón, said that the process to approve the project would start “soon”, and the work would
be done as “quickly as possible”. The previous Torrevieja mayor, Eduardo Dolón, announced in January 2015 that the 32 million euro project would be tendered "soon", but nothing came after that statement, some five months before the local elections.
SEEING THE LIGHT
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an Javier council has got the unanimous backing of all political parties over the specifications for a complete upgrading of the area’s street lighting, with the proj-
ect being tendered at 4.7 million euro. Old lights will be replaced by energy saving LED bulbs leading to an annual saving on electric bills of around
400 thousand euro, according to public services councillor Maria Dolores Ruiz. The councillor said that the new lights would also reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases as well as cutting down on light pollution within the municipality. San Javier mayor, José Miguel Luengo, said that once all the lights had been replaced, the positive environmental impact would be similar to that of planting 20 thousand trees. The project is seen as being one of the most ambitious in recent years in the
Murcia region to improve energy efficiency and to have a positive effect on the environment, with the winning contractor expected to do all the work within a year. The San Javier municipality has been divided into three areas for the tender, namely La Manga; Santiago de la Ribera; and San Javier plus the remaining communities. Over three thousand lights will be replaced across the whole muncipality, with new brackets and poles also being installed where needed.
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