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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 overall action will involve an estimated municipal investment of one million euros, and will involve the adaptation and landscaping of this entire space for the enjoyment of citizens.

The maximum individual amount of aid will be 75 euros per month for those students who use school transport 2 trips per day, for a maximum period of 10 months, between September 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and the Councilor for Security and Emergencies, Federico Alarcón, accompanied by the manager of the concessionaire company (EYSA), Javier Basoco, visited the new Municipal Vehicle Depot this morning, located in a land owned by the City Council with a surface area of 7,000 square meters, between the Fire Station, the Ecopark and the Municipal Animal Shelter.

On March 6, the term for the Voluntary Payment Period of the Tax on Mechanical Traction Vehicles and other Municipal Taxes was opened.

The Councilor for Local Police, Mobility and Traffic, Federico Alarcón, reports that intelligent traffic signals are already working in order to increase road safety in some parts of the city of Torrevieja. In this way, they have been placed in different locations on Avenida Gregorio Marañón and Avenida Desiderio Rodríguez, among others.

The program will be carried out in all primary and secondary schools in the city and will be structured in the 2022/2023 academic year, beginning in September and ending before June.

The Central Administrative Court of Contractual Resources (TACRC) has rejected the special appeal on contracting matters filed by Israel Muñoz, councilor of the Municipal Group Los Verdes-Compromiso Municipal, and Pablo Samper, councilor of Sueña Torrevieja, against the agreement of the Board of Local Government of April 27, 2022 and the specifications of the procedure for the "Acquisition of vehicles for the urban transport service through advance processing of the expense", convened by the City Council of Torrevieja, due to lack of legitimacy of the challengers as they are not members. of the Local Government Board (JGL) which, as the contracting body, approved the contested specifications, in accordance with article 55, b) of the LCSP. For all these reasons, the suspension of the contracting procedure is lifted, in accordance with the provisions of article 57.3 of the LCSP.