Torrox Council has invested €500,000 in new equipment and machinery for the municipal cleaning company LIVITEMSA as part of ongoing plans to improve the ‘image’ of the town.
Social Programme to create up to 35 jobs
Torrox Council has approved the Social Programme for the Balancing of Family Income which will create up to 35 part-time jobs per year with a maximum contract period of six months. According to the Council, the programme is designed to partially or wholly solve urgent needs arising from social emergencies experienced by residents as a result of the crisis.
Torrox theatre
The 400 seater Torrox theatre, built at a cost of €7.5 million and inaugurated in March 2011, is still not being used except, for the past year, as offices for the Department of Culture and its dependent agencies.
Mayor of Torrox visits Madrid to discuss beach erosion
The Mayor of Torrox, Francisco Muñoz (PSOE), was in Madrid on Friday to meet with the deputy general for Coast Protection, Ángel Muñoz, to once again request action to permanently stabilise Ferrara Playa to prevent the constant erosion, suggesting that the project could be carried out in phases.
Complaint against Local Police officer in Torrox
The working environment within the Local Police force in Torrox has not been a happy one for several years now, with claims and counter claims, disciplinary proceedings and complaints being made on a regular basis.
Torrox Council to review taxi licence fees
During the coming months, Torrox Council is set to review the €601 fee paid by taxi drivers to renew their municipal licences. The review is under an ordinance passed in 2007 but not applied until now.
1,860 kilos of drugs seized at Calaceite beach
On Sunday, the Tax Office seized 1,860 kilos of hashish at Calaceite beach in an operation carried out by Customs officers from Motril.
Active aging programme in Torrox
Torrox Council is developing an ‘active aging’ programme which, amongst other things, is resulting in the accumulation of costumes, recipes, songs, legends games and other items relating to the municipality.