Orihuela Costa is set to see significant improvements as the local council has awarded a contract for the repair of the barandillas at Playa Flamenca and the promenade from Cala Capitán to Cala Bosque. The contract, given to Construcciones Zaplana Caselles, aims to replace six hundred iron posts across one thousand five hundred metres and renew old horizontal stainless steel tubes. This follows a drawn-out period of neglect that has […]

The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility will reopen the Pilar de la Horadada tunnel towards Cartagena this Thursday, following a closure that began on the ninth of May due to a serious accident that tragically claimed a truck driver's life. The tunnel, which spans eight hundred metres, suffered significant damage to its electrical systems and safety features as a result of the incident. Since the accident, the Ministry has […]

The Orihuela Costa roads will receive much-needed maintenance, as confirmed in a press conference by Mayor Pepe Vegara and infrastructure councillors. A new service has been established with a significant annual budget of one point three million euros, which will run for a period of five years. This amount represents an increase of five hundred thousand euros compared to the previous contract that ended earlier this year. The municipality's environmental […]

The Consell has given the green light for the creation of the Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria Número 20, which will be located at number eight Níspero Street in Orihuela Costa. This new educational facility will have a total of four hundred and fifty places available for students, divided into one hundred and fifty for infant education and three hundred for primary education. The decision to establish this school […]

The Guardia Civil has detained a thirty-year-old man in Torrevieja, suspected of filming illicit images in the women’s changing room of a local sports centre. The case came to light on May twenty-eight when a woman reported witnessing a hand holding a mobile device above the shower cubicle while she was using the facilities. After confronting the suspect, the woman alerted another user in the changing room, who together informed […]

The Guardia Civil has initially ruled out gender violence in the stabbing of a fifty-eight-year-old woman in Torrevieja on Sunday afternoon. The victim is currently in stable condition and may be discharged from the Hospital Universitario de Torrevieja shortly. Emergency responders assessed her injuries as serious due to stab wounds. The incident occurred between five thirty and six o'clock in the evening, as confirmed by the Centro de Información y […]

On Tuesday, the Murcia regional government released thirty loggerhead turtles at Ensenada del Esparto beach in La Manga. This release follows another thirty two turtles that were liberated on the twentieth of June, with thirty one more expected to be released by the end of the summer. Juan María Vázquez, the regional environment minister, highlighted the achievement of having rescued one hundred and ninety one turtles over the past decade, […]

The Town Hall of Torrevieja has failed to meet all deadlines related to the implementation of the Low Emission Zone project and the digital transformation of local urban transport, funded by the European Next Generation funds. On May twenty eighth, the government authorised the return of one million six hundred sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty-three euros that had been granted by the Ministry of Transport in August twenty twenty-three, marking […]

The Town Hall of Torrevieja has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the proper use of wet wipes. According to recent data from AGAMED, this initiative is showing positive outcomes as there is a notable decline in sewer blockages and the amount of non-biodegradable waste collected in the sewage system. Last year, the local wastewater treatment facility processed two hundred twenty-one tonnes of non-biodegradable materials, including wet wipes and […]