Work is underway off the coasts of Algorrobo and Vélez-Málaga to install an artificial reef. The project, funded by the European Fisheries Fund (75%) and the Junta de Andalucía (25%), is designed to both put an end to illegal trawling in the area and to preserve valuable fisheries.
Council seeking funding for improvements to Torre del Mar promenade
Vélez-Málaga Council is seeking funding for a major project to renovate and improve the promenade in Torre del Mar. The project includes improvements to or replacement of existing infrastructure, the sea wall, bicycle lanes and repaving of the area, to name but a few, and the estimated cost has been put at €9 million. The Council, however, has so far …
New infant school for Vélez-Málaga
The company Ferrovial Agroman S.A. has been awarded the contract to build a new infant school in Vélez-Málaga, the location of which is between the colegios Axarquía and Andalucía in the south of the town. The project has a budget of €1,654,063.66 and a completion period of four months and two days. Strange period! The new school will have nine …
Environmental awareness campaign
The Department of Environment has been conducting an ‘awareness’ campaign in Vélez-Málaga to promote the use of cloth rather than plastic bags. They have been round the three markets handing out leaflets, explaining the benefits of recycling and and handing out free cloth bags to shoppers.
Cheaper tram fares in Vélez-Málaga?
The Tranvia tram system in Vélez-Málaga has not been an overwhelming success as far as passenger numbers are concerned and the Council is looking at ways of encouraging people to use this mode of transport. One idea under consideration is reducing the ticket price from €1.30 to €1.00 and with the possibility, within a specified time period, of transferring between …
Relocated at last
Vélez-Málaga Council has finally managed to re-house two families who had been living in prefabricated buildings at the Vivar Téllez football field. Under the Plan Zapatero, the football field is due for a complete makeover, including the building of changing facilities. The two prefabricated homes, in poor condition, are being dismantled so that the works can begin. The two families …
Drugs overdose
A 40 year old man was found dead on the third floor of a building in calle Montera de Vélez, Vélez-Málaga, on Sunday. He had apparently entered the building with another person for the purpose of consuming drugs.
Vélez-Màlaga Council studying possibility of an equestrian centre
Monterrey finca, a 143,466 square metre property, was purchased by Vélez-Màlaga Council in 2005, the idea then being to build 220 homes for young people. The property was listed as rustic in the PGOU (all hail and genuflect) and efforts to get it reclassified have failed.
Road works in Torre del Mar
The water company Aqualia has started replacing the old water pipes in the section between calle Batería and calle Plazamar Centro in Torre del Mar. The works cover a 240 metre stretch of road and are expected to be completed in about one month. The cost of this project has been budgeted at €75,000 and falls under the heading renovation …
Vélez-Málaga Council asking for general increase in security
Vélez-Málaga Council is asking the police and state security forces present in the town to increase activity relating to the removal of drug outlets in both Vélez and Torre del Mar. The Council is also asking for a general increase in police presence on the streets in the aftermath of a number of armed robberies in the town in recent …