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The Cultural Association of Radio Amateurs CQ Torrevieja has signed a collaboration agreement with AGAMED to give visibility to the global need for water. In the agreement, which has been developing for five years, the Torrevieja City Council collaborates through the Municipal Institute of Culture "Joaquín Chapaprieta", and has a clear objective: to raise awareness about the global water crisis, through the waves, contacting people from all over the world.

The Councilor for Beaches and the Environment of the City Council of Torrevieja, Antonio Vidal, informs that the operators of these departments have carried out in the coastal area of the district of La Mata the removal of several tons of Cat's Claw or Knife Grass, Carpobrotus edulis (yellow flower), cataloged as an invasive plant in scientific manuals and in the lists of public administrations.

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 Association of Naturalists of the Southeast (ANSE), with the support of NaturGreen and under the direction of the Department of the Environment of the City Council of Torrevieja, directed by Antonio Vidal, has been advancing in the recovery of the plant formations of the Municipal Natural Park Molino del Water in La Mata. During the 2022 campaign, the implantation of 500 seedlings of dune species is planned in order to improve the vegetation cover and recover threatened species or species that became extinct in the province of Alicante.

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.

Due to the situation of the health pandemic, this year the concentration of animals and owners will not be held in Concepción Street to go to the Parroquia de la Inmaculada, but the street will be cut in the section near the temple. In the Parroquia del Sagrado Corazón, this cut will not be necessary due to the width of the Plaza de Oriente. From the Department of Animal Protection it is recalled that to participate in the blessing it will be necessary to use a mask and the corresponding safety distance between all participating people. Councilor Concha Sala appreciates the collaboration of both the parish priests of the Immaculate Conception and the Sacred Heart to maintain the tradition of Saint Anthony's Day and thanks in advance the members of the Local Police and Civil Protection, who will observe that the development of this activity is carried out in complete safety.

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.

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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.

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The Torrevieja headquarters of the UA gave a theoretical-practical Biotechnology-based course focused on knowing the diversity of microorganisms that live in the water column and sediments of the Laguna Rosa de Torrevieja and similar ecosystems, as well as highlighting the importance of microorganisms Extremophiles of these ecosystems in the natural environment.