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The AVE high speed train station in Vera has finally been announced. It will be built next to the A-1200 Garrucha – Vera road (or, at least next to where it will be once the road works to turn it into a dual carriageway are finished), roughly in front on the petrol station / Mercadona. A new junction is to be built, on the Gnomo Feliz crossroads, giving access to the Playa, Mercadona, Valdesierra school Continue reading AVE station finally announced
The government has published the final route for the Huercal Overa to Guadix gas pipeline, which runs through Albox, Arboleas, Armuña, Cantoria, Fines, Huercal Overa, Olula del Rio, Partaloa, Purchena, Serón, Tijola, Urracal, Zurgena, etc. The final list of people who will now have a gas pipeline in their backgardens is published here: list of affected people for Huercal Overa to Guadix gas pipe. A couple of British names appear in the list.
Say what you like about the mayors of the Almanzora region, they don’t let much get them down. Fresh from their fights over the 10,000 (15,000? 20,000?) “alegal” homes in their towns, they have now got together and are demanding an aerodrome for the valley. The tecnicos developing the POTAL (Plan de Ordenación Territorial del Almanzora, a regional development and urban planning map) have agreed to add the request to the overall “wishlist” of Nice Continue reading The Almanzora wants an airport