Mayor turns ‘blind eye’ at horror pavement

Highlighted by an article in last week’s Leader Newspaper, ‘Torrevieja’s Dangerous Footpaths’, the wall of a private plot runs down the middle of a pavement in Calle Ramón y Cajal, forcing pedestrians to walk on the narrow road.

Problems are also compounded for pedestrians by the positioning of seven refuse contains which reduce the width of the pavement even further, and now the PSOE has denounced the council which, although identifying the real estate company that owns the private plot, it accuses of taking no action because the council and the company are closely linked.

A disciplinary file was opened in 2018 by municipal surveyors but the file has now expired. The socialists have therefore demanded that the mayor, Eduardo Dolón, who failed to respond to the complaint when it was made at the last plenary, order the reopening of the file.

The PSOE alleges that he is acting in consideration of the owners of the plot that

The pavement is barely 40 cm wide in some sections

Fuel operators, including Repsol and DISA, have announced that they will continue to offer discounts to individuals who refuel at their service stations through loyalty programs.

This follows the decision by the govt to only extend the 20-cent bonus for professional groups. Repsol and DISA both said that they would maintain a discount of 10 cents per litre.

occupies the pavement, well-known builders from Orihuela. The footpath in question is the most difficult, narrow and impassable pavement in the town centre. It runs parallel to the popular Juan Aparicio promenade and is used daily by dozens of pedestrians, even in winter.

Barely 40 centimetres wide in some sections of Calle Ramón y Cajal, it is also surrounded by a battery of dilapidated containers. Impossible for baby carriages, a wheelchair or personal mobility vehicles forcing users to move onto the road.