Vera – Cartagena toll road in financial difficulties

Rumours abound that Aucosta, the company that has the lease to operate the Vera – Cartagena toll road, is losing so much money on it that it’s about to return the road, and the associated debts, back to the State. Aucosta projected that to break even, it needed 7,000 users a day on the road, and hoped for an average of about 10,000 on its business plan. It’s had an average, so far this year, Continue reading Vera – Cartagena toll road in financial difficulties

Garrucha in the news again!

Garrucha is in the news again, as two women have been arrested for “romancing” elderly men on the net, before meeting them, slipping a little something into their drink whilst getting cozy on the sofa and then robbing them blind. At least one chap had a corony and spent a couple of days up at La Inmaculada. Got back home and discovered they’d nicked 30k of stuff from his home, which probably gave him another Continue reading Garrucha in the news again!