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The Councilor for Culture of the Torrevieja City Council, Antonio Quesada, presented this morning together with Jesús García and Francisco Moreno, members of the Asociación Voces Líricas del Mediterráneo, the project called “Habaneras en tu puerta” that will be developed by the Municipal Habaneras Board of Trustees through this association.

Last Friday, February 23, a total of 18 Comincrea Master students, from Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, France and Spain, toured iconic and representative spaces of Havana in Torrevieja, with the aim to feed the conceptualization and design of the exhibition on which they have been working since last year.

The Local Government Board (JGL) of the Torrevieja City Council has approved this morning the modification of the contract signed with the company PAREDES PEDROSA ARQUITECTOS SLP, winner of the contract for the provision of the drafting service for the Eras de la Salt, which includes the construction of the Museum of the Sea and Salt, the multipurpose venue with the main destination for the celebration of the International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest, as well as its complementary infrastructures and the surrounding urbanization.

The Councilor for the Environment of the Torrevieja City Council, Antonio Vidal, together with the Councilor for Education, Ricardo Recuero, the director-conservator of the Lagunas de La Mata-Torrevieja Natural Park, Francisco Martínez, and the deputy manager of AGAMED, Gemma Cruz , have presented this morning the planting and regeneration activities that will be carried out on the occasion of the celebration of Tree Day 2024. Some actions that will take place on January 31 and February 1, for schoolchildren from all centers Torrevieja schools.

The Councilor for Beaches, Antonio Vidal, has announced that the city of Torrevieja will celebrate this coming Friday, June 23, the traditional night of Bonfires of San Juan on its beaches. Vidal has reported that there are many citizens of Torrevieja who enjoy this popular festival on our beaches and which serves as the starting signal for summer, becoming a special party enjoyed by both young and old.

The councilor secretary of the Local Government Board, Federico Alarcón, together with the councilor for Beaches, Antonio Vidal, reported this morning that JGL has approved the contracting of the Integral Beach Maintenance Service, excluding plant elements, for an amount of 531,132.61 euros per year, with a four-year contract, which represents a total investment of 2,124,530.44 euros. A contract that has the possibility of being extended for another year.

The Councilor for Beaches of the Torrevieja City Council, Antonio Vidal, has informed that tomorrow, Saturday, April 1, the new Surveillance, Rescue and Lifeguard Service begins on the beaches, which was awarded to the company EULEN for an amount of 736,920 euros per month. year (VAT included), the contract being four years plus one extension, which represents a total investment of 3,684,600 euros.

It will include an economic feasibility study that serves as motivation for the decision to protect, rehabilitate and exploit the old facilities of the salt industry as tourist use with therapeutic-cultural-educational and recreational activities.

The team of researchers from the University of Alicante, led by Professor Rosa María Martínez Espinosa, is studying the use of halophilic microorganisms to clean contaminated water and brines before they are returned to the sea. Microorganisms consume these contaminants as food and make them disappear. At the same time, they create a biomass that can be used to make bioplastics. A raw material that can replace polluting plastics.

The Association of Naturalists of the Southeast (ANSE), with the support of NaturGreen and under the direction of the Department of the Environment of the City Council of Torrevieja, directed by Antonio Vidal, has been advancing in the recovery of the plant formations of the Municipal Natural Park Molino del Water in La Mata. During the 2022 campaign, the implantation of 500 seedlings of dune species is planned in order to improve the vegetation cover and recover threatened species or species that became extinct in the province of Alicante.