Day: June 22, 2011

Illegal homes draft law to be published this summer

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The chappie in charge of the Housing and Planning in Almeria for the Junta, José Manuel Ortiz Bono, let slip during a Cadena Ser radio interview yesterday that a draft law legalising illegal homes in the province is likely to be published in a consultation form this summer. José said that the law will expect the “the builders or purchasers” who must pay the costs of urbanising their plots of land, and added that “there Continue reading Illegal homes draft law to be published this summer→

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The Albox – El Cucador stretch of motorway will open by the end of August, according to the Junta. The new opening date came after the contractors restarted work on the motorway after a two month hiatus. The Junta stumped up the rest of the 64,6 million euro cost of the six km and the contractors went back to work. Work on the Albox bypass has also recommenced and is expected to be finished “with Continue reading →

Farmers move against the innocent tortoise

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Cuevas, Pulpi, farmers and landowners have risen up in protest against the “barbarous, unimaginative, ridiculous and expensive” (all adjectives used by them!) plan to save the tortoise implemented by Madrid. The plan was, you will remember, to expropriate 500ha of land (mainly scrub) and join up two little hill ranges, so the local tortoises could wander about happily without being squashed, stolen or eaten. This was in exchange for taking away part of a designated Continue reading Farmers move against the innocent tortoise→