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The Mijas Costa to Alhaurin el Grande road closed

Commuters to the coast from Coin and Alhaurin el Grande will have to take a detour through Mijas Village

THE road known as the Carretera del Puerto de los Pescadores or the Coin road, the A-7053, is now closed for a period of 12 months for repairs organised by the Junta de Andalucia.

The A-7053 is the main connecting road between the Guadalhorce valley and the Costa del Sol until Entrerrios. Roadworks will take place over an 8.8 kilometre stretch between the beginning of the road and the round- about at the Venta de Los Morenos. Only residents, garden centre customers and hotel customers will be allowed access to the road. The projects. The 15.6-million-euro project will widen the road to ten metres, with central reservations, slow lanes, and an 11-metre bridge over Arroyo Pilones Triple.

The improvements are taking place in parallel with other work financed by the Junta de Andalucia. There are roadworks on the A-387 between Alhaurin el Grande and Puerto de los Pescadores; and on the MA-3033 between Coin and Puerto de los Pescadores. In the case of the latter, the road was also closed several weeks ago forcing Coin traffic to detour via Alhaurin el Grande. Inconvenience for commuters. Although in the long run the improved road will benefit many road users, the closing of the road will affect many residents who use it on a daily basis to commute from Coin and Alhaurin el Grande to Mijas Costa or Fuengirola.

The suggested alternative for these commuters is the A-387 which joins Alhaurin el Grande with Fuengirola via Mijas Village. Provincial Delegate for Public Works Dolores Fernandez said: “One has to accept that roadworks on this scale will inconvenience people, but they will substantially improve communications between Guadalhorce and the Costa del Sol.” Dolores Fernandez explained that the road closure was necessary for safety reasons. According to Dolores, its closure will also speed up completion of the project.

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Mijas Costa Police crack down on illegal taxis

The Local Police in Mijas have launched a special operation to crack down on unlicensed cars picking up fares. The local economic downturn has been blamed for the increase in pirate cabs operating, especially on residential estates like, La Cala de Mijas and Calahonda, and picking up tourists and foreign residents.

The police work is complicated, however, by the customers using these illegal services claiming that they are friends or relatives of the driver and not fare-paying passengers.

The official taxi drivers maintain that the illegal practice not only affects their incomes but also the rights of the customers. The president of the local taxi association, Jesús Montoya, reminds the general public that the illegal cars and their drivers are not subject to the usual controls and do not have the correct insurance cover.

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Mijas Costa - Dolores Vázquez has her criminal record erased

Dolores Vázquez, who was found guilty of killing Rocio Wanninkhof, the teenager from Mijas teenager, and who served 17 months in prison as a result, has managed to get the Interior Ministry to destroy her case file.

Dolores Vázquez is still however awaiting compensation from the state for the miscarriage of justice, confirmed when Briton Tony King was found guilty when the Junta de Andalucía ordered a second trial be held.

Vázquez has asked for four million € compensation but so far the Ministry for Justice has only offered her 120,000 €.

Baby pygmy hippopotamus is new star at Fuengirola Zoo

A newly born pygmy hippopotamus is proving the new star at Fuengirola Zoo. It’s good news for conservationists as it is an endangered species, with only some 3,000 in the world.

Now three months old, the baby already weighs 25 kilos.

Mother and son are being kept apart for the first year because if not she is likely to reject the baby and even attack him.

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Restaurante Mijas Playa raises six thousand euros for Cudeca

A cheque for 6000 euros was presented to Joan Hunt O.B.E., Cudeca´s Founder and President at a sell-out dinner in the restaurante Mijas Playa, La Cala de Mijas. Yet again, our friends there have come up trumps!

Over the festive season John, Jim and Gerry held a number of lunches and dinners with raffles and auctions in aid of Cudeca Hospice. Thanks to generosity of the customers, plus some gentle persuasion from John front of house, and host Steve Shappelle, the grand sum was collected.

Joan thanked the restaurant owners for their support as well as those who had bought raffle tickets and bid in the auctions. She also mentioned the public´s warm response to Cudeca’s appeal for financial support to keep their In-Patient Unit open.

The evening also gave the first opportunity to see and hear Los Divos, an Il Divo tribute group, the brainchild of Steve Shappelle who also sang at the event and was once again the compere for the evening.

Source: EuroWeekly