Costa Blanca
Demands for a second runway for Alicante-Elche Airport

In a statement on Friday, Toni Pérez, head of the Alicante Provincial Council, said that he had learnt that the Ministry of Transport had put out to bid for 20 million euros the work of writing up plans to change the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport’s terminal and traffic area.
“Our airport cannot continue to operate for much longer without a second runway, which any international airport with our characteristics already has, and without having a rail connection to the cities of Alicante or Elche,” he added.
Because of this, the President of the Provincial Council said that the lack of these two projects “slows the growth of the airport and, by extension, of one of our main industries.” “They are two essential infrastructures, which, however, the Government of Pedro Sánchez insists on ignoring, while it is willing to invest 1.7 billion in the expansion and the third runway of El Prat,” he said.
Because of this, he has asked for “equal treatment and equal investment for a province that has been the last in terms of central government funding for too long.”
In this vein, he brought up the results of a recent study by the Alicante Chamber of Commerce that looked at how profitable and possible it would be to build this second runway. Speaking about this, he stressed that not building this infrastructure “would hurt the province’s GDP and risk 800 million euros a year that wouldn’t be made, of which more than 700,000 would have a direct effect.”
“We are not talking about a whim, but rather a necessity for the growth and development of the Costa Blanca, one of the most powerful destinations in Europe and the world,” said the state official.
During the same time, Pérez has pushed for the airport to have a rail link. “When we talk about wanting to be a sustainable destination, we are also referring to communications and it is not possible that the only way to get to or from the airport is via roads,” he said, while regretting that the Alicante terminal “is the only one of the large European airports that lacks a railway connection.”
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Brown bins for organic waste will soon be in Santa Pola

Preparations are in progress to introduce a new selective rubbish collection system in Santa Pola, according to Councillor for Cleanliness Encarni Ramírez. This is the brown organic bin container that will soon be made available exclusively to the municipality’s hotels, restaurants, and businesses.
Francisco Lara, Urbaser’s service manager in Santa Pola, clarified that “the new containers will be easily identified by their brown lids, have a 2,000-litre capacity, and a side-loading system.” The public collection service will empty them every day after they are placed in the municipality’s current recycling islands. They can be used to store organic garbage, which makes up the majority of the waste collected and includes things like food scraps, fruit, and vegetables.
The brown containers are meant for large producers in the HORECA sector, such as hotels, restaurants, and companies, according to Lara. Users will be given a card and a mobile app to open the compartment and place their waste because the lids are secured and have an electronic access control system.
“Prior to the installation of the containers, an information campaign was launched by qualified personnel, Urbaser environmental educators, who visited stores to inform them about what organic waste is, how to properly separate it at source, and how to use the containers designated for this waste,” stated Urbaser’s announcement last week regarding the information campaign that was directed towards large producers.
They receive instructions for downloading the app and a card to unlock the lid at each restaurant throughout this stay.
In order to reduce the quantity of garbage that ends up in the residual waste (grey), we finish the collection islands made up of paper and cardboard (blue) and lightweight packaging (yellow) with the inclusion of the organic containers. Since the waste that ends up in the yellow, blue, and brown containers may be collected at a rate of about 100%, creating nearly total sustainability, segregation at the source is crucial.
In order to prevent spills and offensive odours, Encarni Ramírez stressed the significance of putting all waste in organic waste receptacles in a sealed bag.
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Missing man’s body found in Crevillente

The man who went missing in Crevillent has been found. His body was discovered by the Guardia Civil this week, and an autopsy has verified his identity.
An alert was sent out on Tuesday, March 18th. The SOS Missing Persons Association was in charge of distributing the case notice and alerting people to the man’s vulnerability via its social media accounts.
No one has been able to discover him alive despite searching for them. His body was discovered on Wednesday, March 25th, at approximately 9 a.m.
Identification has not been done at the scene of the body, which was discovered in some bushes in the municipality of Crevillent. The body of the man who vanished eight days prior was identified by the autopsy conducted on Wednesday, March 26th. According to this report, natural causes were the cause of death.
The first 72 hours after a disappearance are “important as they allow for extreme measures to be taken to find the missing person,” according to the group.
There are a number of reasons for this, including the possibility that the individual may still be in the vicinity of the residence or location where they vanished, particularly in the case of youngsters and the elderly, and the possibility of obtaining evidence that will provide light on the circumstances surrounding the disappearance.
“As soon as all necessary steps have been taken and it is certain that a family member has disappeared, the State Security Forces (National Police, Guardia Civil, Local Police, or Regional Security Forces) must be immediately contacted to report the disappearance,” they say.
There, they remind us that, in contrast to what many people think, “it is not necessary to wait 24 or 48 hours” to make these complaints. “The 24-hour thing is a legend,” say National Police Alicante.
“If you suspect the disappearance of a family member or friend who has not done so voluntarily, you should let us know from the very first minute because the first minute is crucial for investigators to have the most relevant and important information,” these same sources stress, repeating the association’s message.
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Firefighters in Alicante try to storm the plenary hall

“We don’t know what would have happened if they had gotten in .” When firefighters tried to attack the plenary hall of Alicante City Hall yesterday, Thursday 27th March, one eyewitness characterised their level of anxiety as follows. In the end, local police officers stopped them from going inside.
The plenary session in March has turned into one of the bloodiest in recent memory. An attack attempt by municipal firefighters who were protesting their working conditions was the cause.
During the plenary session, the demonstrators yelled, “Barcala, comply,” “Barcala, take off your tie and come to the park,” and “Come here and talk to us.”
They tried to push their way in, and their anger erupted because they weren’t being heard. They were also halted by officers from the Rapid Intervention Task Force of the Local Police. Eventually, they were forced to leave.
The demands for the promised improvements—first, the state of the city’s fire station facilities, and second, compensation for the unusual services required for their work—were the foundation of the violent protest.
Barcala bemoaned the manner in which these demands were implemented, calling it a “disgrace to the plenary session,” according to Europa Press. Rafa Mas, a spokesman for Compromís, was summoned to order “stirring up the protests.” Mas bemoaned the “precarious situation” and “lack of resources” faced by the city firefighters during his remarks.
PSPV, Vox, EU-Podem, and the rest of the opposition concur that while they do not agree with the “forms” of the firefighters’ protests, they do agree with the “demands” and the “substance.”
Although Silvia Castell, a socialist councillor, has urged the mayor to “listen to them” and “fulfil his promises,” Manolo Copé, a spokesman for EU-Podem, feels that “their demands must be heard” because the mayor “is not up to the task.”
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