Torrox Council has opened an investigation into a mobile phone antenna installed in the area known as Generación del 27 after complaints by local residents linking the antenna to health problems being experienced in the area. The Council is also looking into developing a municipal ordinance covering antennae.
Training course for young people in Torrox
Fifteen unemployed young people in Torrox have completed a training course for Sports Monitors. The course lasted 320 hours and included theoretical and practical training, work orientation and environmental and health and safety training.
Torrox opposition flexes its muscles
The Opposition groups in Torrox, the IU, PA, PIU and PP), have forced the PSOE government to stop using the El Morche football field as a car park.
Torrox Council has run out of money
After a review of its current financial situation, Torrox Council has announced that it can neither guarantee the provision of all municipal services nor the full payroll of municipal employees.
Torrox summer crafts market moves to el Faro
The traditional summer crafts market on Ferrara Playa in Torrox Costa has started and is now in the area near the lighthouse, el Faro, in a measure designed both to give the traders more space for their stalls and to prevent obstruction of the promenade.
Torrox Council trying to improve waste management system
The Department of Environment of Torrox Council has scheduled a series of initiatives to promote the collection of waste in the municipality with the objective of improving and modernising the system of waste management and developing programs to raise awareness about recycling.
Two mobile rubbish collection points for Torrox
Torrox Council has received a grant from the Junta de Andalucia for the installation of two moblie ‘eco’ waste collection points, one in Torrox Pueblo and one in Torrox Costa. According to the Mayor, Francisco Muñoz, these will be made available in the coming months.
Still no opening date for Torrox swimming pool
At the beginning of May it was announced that the heated indoor swimming pool in Torrox would open at the end of May or perhaps in June, but there is still no date set for the inauguration.
Torrox singing competition suspended
The Peña El Palustre in Torrox has decided to suspend its singing contest ‘La Copla en mi Voz’, the preliminary rounds of which were due to start on July 8th, after the new socialist Council decided to withdraw financial assistance for the event.
Torrox Council seeking to revitalise municipal market
Torrox Council has started discussions with other administrations to develop a project to renovate and modernise the municipal market. The Councillor for Commerce, Lauren Salvatierra, says the new administration is keen to revive the traditional trade in the old centre and believes the market should play a significant role in this regard.