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Whether its counterfeit DVDs or fake designer sun glasses, people selling pirate goods has grown exponentially in recent years. Now, in an attempt to stop this trend, Fuengirola Town Hall has developed a pioneering public awareness campaign, aimed at discouraging the public from buying these goods.
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The 3 main political parties (Partido Popular, PSOE and Izquierda Unida) have, after the last Town Hall meeting, agreed to urge Renfe, the Junta de Andalucia’s Public Works department and the Ministry of Development in Madrid to make the necessary changes, to improve the accessibility of the main train stations in Fuengirola.
The Renfe ‘Cercanias’ train stations in Torreblanca, Carvajal and Los Boliches do not have the right facilities in place for those with limited mobility.
Fuengirola continues to lead Malaga province in the amount of paper, plastic and glass that is recycled per capita, based on the statistics supplied by the Town hall. I nthe first six months of 2011, every person living in Fuengirola recycled, on average, 31 kilos of rubbish. More than one million kilos has been collected so far this year, an increase of six percent compared to the previous year.
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The Town Hall has confirmed that is has requested another meeting with the Junta de Andalucia’s Head of Public works to speed up the expansion plans of the town’s leisure marina.
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The council is to install information panels in the town to show the location of the eight locations in Fuengirola where Internet users have access to free WiFi. A street map will also highlight the public buildings, such as libraries, where free Wifi is available.
Fuengirola was in the Top 20 most-requested destinations in the world last year, according to a new study by the multinational hotel-booking website, Hotels.com, it was revealed last week.
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As work began on Fuengirola’s much-anticipated Riverside Park (‘Parque Fluvial’) this week, the Mayor, Esperanza Oña, confirmed to SUR in English that is would be “finished before the start of the summer.”
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Councillor for Sports Pedro Cuevas this week invited thenders for a six year concession of the ‘Centro Municipal de Tenis de Los Pacos’ with a minimum of 16.000 euros a year and the obligation on the winner to open a municipal tennis school.
Source: Sur in English January 14th to 20th 2011
The Government has confirmed that the Department of Coasts in finalizing a new proposal for the fourth and final phase (the Carvajal stretch) of the refurbishment of the Paseo Maritimo. The project has been at a standstill for some six years causing a dispute between the Government and the Town Hall.
Sur in English: December 31st to January 6th 2010
Avenidas Acapulco and Miramar, plus Calle Rodrigo de Triana, three of the town’s busiest roads, will undergo major remodelling programmes next year, thanks to the Town Hall securing a six million euro loan from the ICO.
Source: Sur in English, December 24th to 30th 2010.
The long-awaited Parque Fluvial (‘Riverside Park’), which is located on the wasteland surrounding the mouth of the Fuengirola River, is to be officially opened on 10th of January according to the Town Hall.
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Fuengirola is the first town in Andalucía, and one of the first in Spain, to create “solar energy farms” on the roofs of municipal buildings. Thanks to these solar panels, it is estimated that 1,000 tonnes fewer of carbon dioxide will be released into the atmosphere and leased into the atmosphere and the energy created could serve more than 300 homes for a year.
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Work has begun on the A-387 which connects Fuengirola and Mijas Pueblo in a bid to reduce congestion between the two municipalities, and to ease traffic flow onto the A-7 motorway at exit 210.
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The Town Hall’s Operational Services department has cleared more than 600 cubic metres, or 40 truck loads of debris from the bed and mouth of the Arroyo Pajares. The gravel and sediment had been accumulating since the prolonged storms earlier this year.
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The Town Hall has confirmed that a budget has already been set for the construction of a new health centre in the Los Pacos district.
The announcement comes following rumours, many from within the Town Hall, that the project had been scrapped.
Source: Sur in English, August 6th to 12th 2010
At a recent press conference, the mayor of Fuengirola, Esperanza Oña, launched a campaign about the central government’s “flagrant breach of commitment” in regards to cacenlling the completion of the fourth phase of the Paseo Maritimo in Carvajal.
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This week, the Town Hall has begun a major new road resurfacing project, which aims to improve several key streets in the municipality.
The roads are to be repaired in order of priority, which has been determined by the Local Police. The 208,000 euro initiative will include the streets around Plaza del Concejo; calles Frasculeo, Monaguillo, Bombit; as well as a stretch of Avenida Clemente Díaz.
On her visit to the site this week, the Councillor for Town Planning, Ana Mula, said: “Residents in these areas have been warned beforehand about the works and they’re very happy because it’s something they’ve been demanding.”
Source: Sur in English, May 14th to May 20th 2010
Work has stopped on the Alzheimer’s Centre in Fuengirola due to lack of funds.
The Association of Alzeimer’s Patients Relatives in Fuengirola planned to build one of the most modern centres in Spain on a 900 square metre plot donated by the Fuengirola town hall.
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The Ministry of the Environment in Madrid has given the go ahead to a 14 kilometre network network of pipes that will harness the flow of water from the treatment plant at Cerro de Águila, so that recycled water can be used to irrigate parks and golf courses in Mijas and Fuengirola.
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A new roundabout which aims to improve road safety for drivers entering the town from the old N340, has been opened by the Mayor, Esperanza Oña. At the inauguration on Avenida Carvajal, the Mayor stressed the structure’s importance due to the “many accidents which have occurred in this area.”
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