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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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Finland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexander Stubb, has flown to the Costa del Sol to inaugurate the new Finland Centre in Fuengirola. The Minister was joined by the country’s Ambassador in Spain, Markku Keinanen, as well as the Mayor of Fuengirola, Esperanza Oña.
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Native English speakers in Fuengirola are being encouraged to sign up for a new scheme. Fuengirola Speaking, to help young, Spanish locals improve their level of spoken English.
The initiative, launched thisweek by the Town Hall, aims to place 12 -17 year olds within a natural, English-speaking environment to improve their fluency.
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The Councillor for Parks, María Jesús Pascial, has said that almost 80 percent of the water now used for irrigating the town’s parks and green areas is water from wells that would be unsafe for human consumption. This initiative of using water from such resources forms part of the Town Hall’s environmental plan which was launched last year. “This scheme demonstrates the council’s dedication to saving water,” said Pascual. 11 out of 17 of Fuengirola’s main parks are currently operating this system.
Source: Sur in English, February 12th to February 18th 2010
After three years, and after finally receiving the approval of the provincial Department of Housing, the Fuengirola Town Hall has unanimously agreed to give the go ahead to the development of a 61,000 square metre plot for residential purposes. The project in Las Lomas de Torreblanca will see the council taking over 10,000 square metres of the land for new housing, consisting of 184 homes, of which 15 percent will be classified as VPO (state subsidised housing).
“There will be 148 flats and 36 family units, meaning more affordable housing within the municipality, which must be encouraged, especially during these hard economic times,” said a spokesman.
Source: Sur in English, January 29th to February 4th 2010
Esperanza Oña, the Mayor of Fuengirola, has announced details of the 21 projects in Fuengirola which will receive funding from the 7.4 million euros assigned to the municipality in the state’s second ‘Plan E’. Unlike the first Plan, this time the money is not allowed to be allocated for the redevelopment of roads or town squares, but instead to be used for environmental or technological improvements; social, cultural or sports centres; and Social Services, as well as several other categories.
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The vast majority of pedestrians do not even think about them, but for those with mobility problems, the curbs and slopes found on pedestrian crossings can sometimes be challenging and often insurmountable.
However these problems faced by disabled pedestrians will soon be destined to history in Fuengirola. The Town Hall has said it aspires to become, in the words of the Mayor; Esperanza Oña, “the town with the least number of architectural barriers and the most accessible in Andalucía.”
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For many years the Town Hall has been eager to remove the electricity pylons in and around the residential area of Los Pacos. Thanks to a project which sees greater investment for local communities being approved towards the end of the year; this will now become a reality and the pylons are already being dismantled. About a 1,000 metres of cable are now running underground between the nearby school, Valdelecrín, and Pajares stream.
One Los Pacos resident said, “We have been petitioning for a long time to have these removed. Not only do they look really ugly but I believe it is safer to have everything of this nature below ground like they do in other areas. No-one will miss looking at these towers”
Source: Sur in English, January 22th to 28th 2010
The works to renovate the old N-340 road that runs through the centre of Fuengirola are drawing to a close. It is hoped the reforms will be completely finished before the end of the year, with the majority before Christmas. With a budget of 737,000 euros, the works that are taking place on Avenida de Los Boliches, one of the town’s main traffic arteries, are of “major importance,” according to the Town Hall.
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A new skate park near the Miramar shopping centre promises to be a huge draw as it set out to rival similar parks in Sweden and Germany. Set on a plot of 5,828 square metres, the Skate Park, which will be officially inaugurated in a few weeks, will become one of the largest youth-orientated leisure facilities in the municipality of Fuengirola.
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Fuengirola Town Hall has announced that work will start to install solar panels on the roofs of public buildings next week.
The municipal scheme to install solar panels on the roofs of all the public buildings in Fuengirola looks set to get off the ground in November: Once they are up and running the panels will generate, in real time and with immediate effect, the equivalent of the power used by 304 households in a year. At the same time the project will relieve the atmosphere of a thousand tonnes of CO2, a similar amount to the emissions produced by a vehicle over three million kilometres.
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