Friday, January 15, 2010

Shoddy work in Torrevieja

The mayor of Torrevieja was invited to see for himself  the poor condition of the works being carried out to pedestrianise calle Caballero de Rodas in the town centre.

Despite over 3 million euro being spent on the project the quality of work is said by some residents to be poor with many of the pavement slabs being installed which are broken prior to being laid.

Attention was drawn to the work by many of the residents who said that it had dragged on for far too long causing unnecessary disruption to themselves and to many traders.

The councillor for Infrastructure in Torrevieja, Javier Montoro, said that he would ensure that their concerns were dealt with and all broken slabs would all be replaced. He said that there was still a great deal of work to be carried out but it would be worth it in the end.

The area would be transformed. He also said that he would ensure that all works would be completed in calle Caballero de Rodas by the end of January although it would be necessary for work to continue in adjoining streets until the end of March.

Which brings me to the question, “what about calle Purisima in Bigastro?” As far as I can see, the work which began in earnest, has now come to a halt. Does anybody know why nothing seems to be happening?

In the meantime, work has begun on the corner of the main town square. We met one of our neighbours yesterday who had been told they were building a Chinese restaurant. I can only tell you that the mayor explained to chief scout John that it was in fact going to be a new bar and the other side was destined to be offices for Eurener the solar panel company.

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