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The Councilor for Commerce and Hospitality of the City Council of Torrevieja, Rosario Martínez, and president of the Association of Hospitality Companies of Torrevieja and Region (AEHTC), José Ignacio Pastor, have presented at a press conference the first action to be held in the Gastronomic Calendar 2022.

The Councilor for Education, Ricardo Recuero, reports that the City Council of Torrevieja has approved this morning in the Informative Commission, the delegation of powers to the Generalitat Valenciana of 4 of the 15 actions planned in the EDIFICANT PROGRAM. These important actions, which represent an investment amounting to a total of 12,110,652 euros, will be developed at IES Libertas, IES Las Lagunas, IES Torrevigía and Colegio Público Virgen del Carmen.

The mayor of Torrevieja and president of the Board of Directors of AGAMED, Eduardo Dolón, has informed of the investments approved in the first Council of the year, held in January 2022, to be carried out by Aguas del Arco Mediterráneo with the determination to continue in the improvement of the infrastructures of the Potable Water Distribution Network and the Sanitation and Sewage Network and the Municipal Rainwater Network.

The project has a global execution budget of more than 19 million euros, of which 10.5 million are from private investment, while the rest, more than 8 million, come from the Torrevieja City Council.

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.

Last Friday, January 21, a meeting of the Salt Eras Advisory Commission was held, chaired by the mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, in which the architecture firm PAREDES PEDROSA was presented to said group. ARQUITECTOS, SLP, office that has been proposed as the successful bidder for the Project, construction management and health and safety coordination of the Museo del Mar, a Multipurpose Enclosure with the main purpose of holding the International Habaneras Contest, as well as its complementary infrastructures and urbanization area, for an award amount of 660,660 euros.

The Councilor for Parks and Gardens, Carmen Gómez Candel, informs that the pruning of the palm trees in the municipality of Torrevieja has already begun. Following the guidelines set by the Order of December 22, 2009, of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which establishes mandatory phytosanitary measures for the control and eradication of the plague Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil), in its article 6.4 indicates: The local corporations will ensure that in their municipality, the pruning of palm trees on their property is carried out in winter, from January to February.

Sandra Sánchez has reported that the winning company has been PAVASAL EMPRESA CONSTRUCTORA SA, and the total amount of the contract amounts to 47,908 euros. The works will last three weeks.

The contract, which is valid for four years (2+2), amounts to a total of 4,000,000 euros, which represents an investment of 1,000,000 euros per year

The land where the building is to be built belongs to the City Council and the legal formula for surface rights has been used as the most viable formula. As consideration, the Torrevieja City Council obtains the use of a total of 1,488, 23 square meters of the building to be built, having full availability from the first day from the commissioning of the building on the second, third and attic floors, in the The multifunctional educational center will be located, while the ground and first floors will be made available to the AGAMED company offices. In addition, it should be noted that the City Council will receive ownership of the entire building built, including the ground floor, first floor and basement from the end of the contract.

AGAMED, the mixed economy company formed by the Torrevieja City Council and Hidraqua, has signed a collaboration agreement with Alimentos Solidarios Torrevieja to launch an initiative to help those most vulnerable groups and promote sustainability among citizens. The company agrees to donate 1 euro to Alimentos Solidarios for each client who requests the digital invoice before June 5, 2022, World Environment Day.

The jury was made up of: Noelia Lozano, member of the Acequión Merchants Association; Fernando Guardiola, member of Apymeco and Enrique Pacheco, member of the Association of Merchants of Zoa Street. The jury's deliberation has resulted in the following winners: -1st prize: € 1000 Hernández Jewelry -2nd prize: € 800 Óptica Mar -3rd prize: € 500 Óptica Chantal And the 5 second prize, valued at € 200 each, have been for: -Farmacia Fragata -Farmacia Mª Carmen Cayuelas Sanchis -La Media de Seda -Domti Next Monday, December 20, at 11:00 am, the awards ceremony will take place to all the winners in the Plenary Hall of the Town Hall .

The Tourism Department of the Torrevieja City Council in collaboration with AGAMED, has installed a natural ice skating rink in the Torrevieja port area, next to the Levante Dike, which is housed in a tent to prevent the layer of yarn from be affected by the proximity of the sea.

The Councilor for Commerce of the Torrevieja City Council, Rosario Martínez, and the president of the Association of Small and Medium Merchants (APYMECO) have announced at a press conference that tomorrow, Thursday, November 2, the registration period for the XVIII Contest opens " Christmas Window Showcase ”, which will remain open until December 12, in which all small and medium-sized businesses will be able to participate, with at least one fixed commercial establishment, located in the municipality of Torrevieja, that adorn a shop window or facade with motifs. Christmas

The Department of Commerce organizes the XVIII "Christmas Window Dressing" Contest. The application for registration will be submitted to the Electronic Office, completed in a general instance.

On December 1, the face-to-face sale of 3.0 bonds will open at the Office of Commerce and Occupation of Public Roads. On Friday, December 3 from 4:00 p.m., the online sale will open. The sum of the three editions amounts to a total investment by the Torrevieja City Council of 1,500,000 euros, which represents an economic impact of 3,000,000 euros

The Councilor for Infrastructure, Sandra Sánchez, and the Councilor for Mobility, Federico Alarcón, attended a new edition of Trafic last Tuesday, November 2, under the slogan "Connect to urban mobility", in which the focus on the Strategy for Safe, Sustainable and Connected Mobility 2030, according to the objectives set by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, MITMA, and the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, MITERD.