Day: May 19, 2010

New one way system in Turre

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Last week, Turre townhall had their monthly meeting, only to discover (to their surprise) that neither the PP nor the IU deputies turned up (both were away). The ruling PSOE seem to have taken the opportunity to push through a number of initiatives that otherwise would have lead to controversy, including the rather stupid new one way system that workers are implementing this week. Here’s a map of the new one way system in Turre. Continue reading New one way system in Turre→

Cadima, Roman ruins in Los Gallardos and the AVE

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Cadima is an ancient Roman villa site with associated buildings around it near Los Gallardos. It´s assumed that it was the base of a local farm that grew esparta, which the Romans used to make sandals out of. The stuff would have been carried down to Villaricos or nearby for shipping elsewhere for sale. It’s never been properly surveyed or excavated, and it’s all buried underneath farmland, anyway. The site is technically a BIC (Bien de interés Continue reading Cadima, Roman ruins in Los Gallardos and the AVE→

Judge overrules demolition of Burns family home in Albox

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The Burns family in Albox are celebrating after a Judge in Almería ruled that they had not been informed of the case against their home and annuled the demolition order placed upon their home in an earlier court sentence. This means that so far, three families of the “Albox eight” have succeeded in having their demolition order overturned. The other cases have, I understand, yet to be heard. You will remember that the Junta and Continue reading Judge overrules demolition of Burns family home in Albox→

Almeria Airport – a black hole for government cash

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Almeria Airport (LEI), according to recently released figures by AENA, “only” lost 9 million euros last year. It’s worth 75 million euros, but has a net debt of around (by the end of this year) 110 million euros. AENA, a state owned company that runs Spain’s airports, used to keep its accounts locked in a large vault in Madrid, but eventually yielded to public pressure last year and admitted that it was running at an Continue reading Almeria Airport – a black hole for government cash→