The townhall have anounced a serious of improvements to the Burriana Beach area of Nerja. The series of works under the "Plan Zapatero" national stimulus programme, include the installation of underground dustbins designed to improve the appearance of the area and reduce refuse smell. Burriana Beach is one of only two beaches in Andalucia to maintain its "Q" for tourist quality award since 2004.
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Record “pedal” day
On the past 28th of February, also celebrated as Andalucia day, almost 2,000 cyclists took to the streets of Nerja in the now traditonal, five kilometre, non-competative, cycle ride through the streets of Nerja. Many of the participants were children, however the eldest was Mariano Rodriguez who completed the course at 85 years of age.
King opens T3 Malaga Airport
His majesty King Juan Carlos opened Malaga's new terminal three which saw its first flight depart to Barcelona at 5.50am on the 16th of March. The impressive building is expected to handle up to 600 flights per day and receive 30 million passengers a year. The terminal is 250,000 m2 in size and is a result of a 409 million euro investment. The new terminal, along with the recent AVE high speed rail link, confirms Malaga as a major national and international travel destination.
Platform for Fletcher
Fletcher is a local three year old boy from Torrox. Last August he was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour, on the 14th of August he underwent 7 hours of surgery to remove as much as the tumour as possible. However, this will only buy him time as the tumour will grow again.
Conventional radiotherapy can damage developing brains so Fletcher’s best chance is “proton therapy” and he has been offered treatment in the U.S. This will cost approximately 150,000 euros. Can you help? Any donation welcome – Platforma Ayuda a Fletcher Torrox, Account number – (IBAN ES67) 3058 0737 39 2720012656 see http://www.friendsoffletcher.com/ for more details.
Golf Course Rethink?
Nerja has asked the Andalucian government to reconsider its blocking of the La Coladilla project which was to include Nerja’s only golf course.
The development was to include a five star hotel, 800 houses, the 18 hole course and was to be situated close to Nerja Caves, not far from Maro.
