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More frequent TRAMs in Alicante

From today, February 17, the Alicante TRAM will have new schedules between Alicante and El Campello. Instead of every half hour, there will be trains every 15 minutes. This new schedule has direct effects on Lines 1 and 3. It also changes and improves the schedules for Lines 2, 4, and 5.
The number of trains in service has gone up since the new Luceros railway escapement was installed. This improvement is possible thanks to the addition of nine drivers and the investment of nearly one million euros by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV).
Also, this change makes the service better every day on Lines 4 and 1, so the last train from Plaça La Corunya will stop at Luceros instead of Talleres. In the same way, the last train from Benidorm to El Campello, which was empty up until now, will now have people on it.
There will be two more trains on Line 3 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays than there are during the week. This is at the end of the run from El Campello to Luceros.
On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, the first train from Luceros to Sant Vicent on Line 2 (Luceros-Sant Vicent) leaves 15 minutes earlier, at 6.24 instead of 6.38, and every 30 minutes until 7.24.
Line 5 runs from Porta del Mar to Plaça de la Corunya. The first two trains are passenger trams, and the last two are also passenger trams between Porta del Mar and El Campello.
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Dénia against LGBTIphobia: In the face of hate, fear, and intolerance… ‘Love will triumph’

The Dénia City Council’s Department of Equality and Diversity intends to honour the International Day Against LGBTI-phobia on May 17th with a message of courage and optimism, “because in the face of hatred, fear, and intolerance, love will prevail.”
From today until May 31st, the campaign message will be distributed via social media, online platforms, and billboards around the municipality.
“We have chosen a campaign that uses the now universal and popular gesture of joining hands and fingers to form a heart as a symbol of appreciation, with a visual language adapted to the new generations,” Javier Scotto, Diversity Councillor, tells me. “With these messages, we want to convey to citizens that, in the face of negative attitudes such as hatred, fear, and intolerance, which hurt, exclude, and divide, love liberates, heals, and unites society.”
Scotto adds that the campaign honours the twentieth anniversary of equal love, which secured same-sex couples the ability to marry, “which is equivalent to the legal, and later social, recognition of the existence of diverse love.” In the face of discrimination, emotional partnerships based on sexual variety have and will continue to win.”
“Given the current geopolitical climate, the International Day Against LGBTI-phobia is more than vital. This is not the time to demolish, roll back, or restrict legally gained rights; it is the time to be able to love whomever you want and, most importantly, to grow, progress, and advance equality and diversity,” Scotto adds.
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AP-7 tunnel at Pilar de la Horadada will be closed for at least 2 months

The accident that occurred a few days ago in the AP-7 tunnel in Pilar de la Horadada, in which a truck caught fire and killed its driver, has damaged the infrastructure to the point where it will be closed in the Alicante-Cartagena direction for at least two months, reaching the peak of the summer season.
An inspection found that the northern half of the tube’s lighting and communications circuits and the two fans closest to the fire are damaged and need to be evaluated by the manufacturer.
In addition, the protective elements, trays, video surveillance circuit, and half of the inside cameras were damaged. The dealership is installing outdoor spotlights to allow work to be done inside, beginning with scrubbing the walls using pressurised water.
All of this means that traffic cannot be restored in the impacted area for at least the next two months. Until then, traffic will be diverted to the N-332, which runs parallel for approximately 4 kilometres near the town of Pilar de la Horadada. As a result of the road closure, there are considerable traffic bottlenecks on this segment, which is a normal route with one lane in each direction and multiple roundabouts. This issue will deteriorate when the summer season begins.
The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility intends to complete the essential repairs as well as the ongoing energy efficiency measures. However, to avoid more disruption for passengers, the upcoming work on the Alicante-bound tube will be postponed until at least September.
Although the infrastructure is the responsibility of the concessionaire Ausur, which manages the most expensive sections of motorway in Spain between La Zenia and Los Montesinos – while the section between Cartagena and Orihuela Costa and Los Montesinos-Crevillent that this concessionaire executed in exchange is free -, the funds being used for the work are Next Generation, European public funds, and the ministry – not the company – has processed the entire
This 800-meter-long tunnel, with an average daily traffic of 19,000 vehicles, opened in 1999 with the construction of the Ausur motorway, and is built and operated until 2048 by a private concessionaire led by large Murcian enterprises. It is free of charge in this part.
The Ministry had intended to begin a phase of work on Monday, May 25th, in the opposite lane where the accident happened, Cartagena-Alicante, which would require a closure, but after publicising the work only two hours after the tragedy, it eventually suspended the intervention.
The works are part of the Ministry’s €3.5 million project to modernise lighting and security systems. The investment will include the renovation of the power supply, emergency lighting, evacuation signage, emergency stations, public address systems, a fire hydrant network, ventilation systems, the installation of new automatic fire detection cameras, traffic control systems, and exterior tunnel closure barriers, among other projects.
The tunnel’s lighting system will also be modified to improve the facility’s energy efficiency by introducing an intelligent control and regulation mechanism. It will be necessary to replace the current VSAP luminaire technology with LED equipment that can be dimmed point by point.
The sophisticated lighting regulation and control system will enable continuous lighting regulation of individual units based on outside brightness and tunnel occupancy levels.
All of this has been postponed until September following the disaster last Friday, when a truck overturned within the AP-7 tunnel at Pilar de la Horadada at kilometre 272, travelling towards Cartagena. One of the wheels apparently burst while passing through the tunnel.
The 55-year-old driver, originally from Valencia, was delivering steel pipes when he lost control of the vehicle, which caught fire. When it overturned onto the cab’s carrier side, he became trapped and perished.
The mix of flammable elements, such as the truck’s own gasoline, plus the fact that it remained inside the tunnel exacerbated the fire, resulting in a tremendous volume of flames and smoke that spread throughout the infrastructure.
According to the Provincial Fire Consortium, another truck was involved in the accident but remained inside the tunnel and did not catch fire. Its driver managed to get out on his own.
Personnel from Torrevieja, Almoradí, Orihuela, and Elche parks cleared the remaining tunnel, resulting in no further casualties. Meanwhile, there were major traffic congestion on the highway from Alicante to Cartagena, as well as on the N-332’s alternative and parallel route.
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Guardamar analyses tourism demand and warns of a deterioration in the British market

Guardamar del Segura’s tourist strategy remains sensible and sustainable. On May 14th, the Interdepartmental Technical Commission (CTI) reconvened at the Town Hall Plenary Hall. The discussion examined the evolution of tourism demand through 2024, with a focus on the performance of the British market, which is one of the municipality’s primary suppliers of tourists.
The Alicante-based tourist firm Sien Consulting, administering the Smart Office, presented the most pertinent data from the study during the session. One of the most beneficial elements is an increase in visitor arrivals during the low season, which is being driven by the advent of new foreign markets. This strategy promotes deseasonalisation of tourism, which benefits the local economy and broadens the profile of people who visit Guardamar outside of the summer months.
However, the research also identifies an urgent issue: the erosion in the importance of British tourism. José Luis Sáez, the mayor of Guardamar, stated that “it is a priority to further interpret the data to identify the reasons for the slowdown in the British market.”
Guardamar thus underlines its commitment to a smart tourism model that can anticipate changes in travel trends and make decisions based on real data. Institutional coordination and a coordinated approach will be critical in maintaining the municipality’s position as a top tourism destination year-round.
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