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This
Page Will Be Updated With Information Supplied
by Councillor Lewis In
San
Fulgencio Ayuntamiento (Town Hall).
A
new page coming soon..... Do you know what 'Junta de Gobierno'
means?
COUNCIL
NEWS:
CLICK HERE FOR
THE LA MARINA SUMMER FIESTA
PAGE...
From
2nd to 7th July 2009 there will be an exhibition of Natural
Parks and Monuments throughout the Valencia region on display at the
Social Centre in La Marina
urbanisation....
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27th
June 2009: Councillor Michael Blake's
funeral ceremony was held at the church in La Marina
urbanisation in calle Alicante on Saturday 27th June. After the
church service there was a cavalcade of cars that followed the
hearse to the San Fulgencio cemetery where the councillors coffin
was interred. Following the funeral many people attended the
reception at The Hillside to pay there respects to Mike’s wife Ann
and their two sons. Mike’s sister had also travelled from the
UK to attend his funeral. Click
here to read the CoastRider newspaper article.
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INAUGURATION PARTY FOR THE NEW
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY FACILITY IN CALLE DEL
BOSQUE...
Local councillors issued an
open invitation to all residents inviting them to the opening of the
first phase of the new outdoor activity facility in calle del Bosque
(Marina del Mar I), La Marina on Saturday 13th June. The
party began at 7pm June. Pizza, Jamon, other snack
food, beer, wine and soft drinks were
provided. This area, with outdoor
exercise equipment, a children’s play area and Petanca courts,
is the first phase of a grand project for Del Bosque. At the event
children were invited to plant a tree and the new animal
rescue vehicle, supplied by the Town Hall to be used by local
animal welfare volunteers, was also introduced to the
public.
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MAYORESS
TRINIDAD MARTINEZ GIVES A SPEECH IN ENGLISH TO LOCAL
RESIDENTS:
Mayoress
of San Fulgencio Trinidad Martinez is learning to speak English. She
spoke in English for the first time in public when she addressed
local residents at the La Marina Social Centre last Friday:
“We
have managed to secure a grant of € 1,800,000 from the Central
Government in Madrid, with the proviso that we must create jobs for
local people and initiate improvement projects that will make a big
impact on the locality. When making decisions on new projects we
must consider many factors; money, quality of workmanship, other
people’s opinions, priorities, and other considerations. Taking into
account these stipulations and our requirements we had many meetings
and studies to see what was possible. In the end we decided that the
project we have put forward is the best
option.
We
know that some people feel that perhaps it was more urgent to repair
the streets and the roads, and it is necessary. However, this did
not fulfil the criteria to create jobs because this is work done by
heavy equipment and a specialised team of people. The official
improvement project for the cleaning and maintenance of green areas
and creating new public parks fulfils the necessary conditions and
has two main objectives:
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To create around 20 new jobs for local people.
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To improve the overall appearance of our town. We will enhance and
make attractive over 1200. 000 m2 of public land. This
is the equivalent of about 1500 football pitches.
I
know everyone has a different perception of things, but what I
personally want to transmit is that the attention to detail for
these developments will be the best we can provide. We
have no doubt that these improvements will make the urbanisations
more attractive and with more natural beauty. We want everyone be
proud of the place where they live.
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PEST
ERADICATION CAMPAIGN CONTINUES IN THE
URBANISATIONS...
Councillors
for the environment, Juan Antonio Gonzalez and English Councillor
Mark Lewis announced the start of a big campaign to try to
eradicate the current infestations of mosquitos and cockroaches in
the urbanisations. A company that specialises in the
eradication of infestations has been contracted and
has already started work on this. Spraying
will continue throughout the summer months in the areas where
mosquito’s and cockroaches are in abundance. If
necessary a helicopter will be employed to spray areas where the
mosquito larvae remain in profusion. This photo shows the
fumigation canon in operation around the urbanisation
recently.
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LA MARINA SOCIAL CENTRE:
The
Town Councillors have announced that live bands and groups will
be performing live at the La Marina Social Centre every other
Saturday evening, starting in September. Popular bands from all over
the Costa Blanca will be invited to perform for local people
for their dancing and listening enjoyment.
The
Social Centre does not have a licence to sell alchohol,
non-alchoholic drinks and snacks will be on sale during these
events. More information coming soon.
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THE
ENGLISH COUNCILLORS STATEMENT AFTER THE MANUEL BARRERA
SAGA:
Our
current position is this:
We were
elected by the members and urbanisation residents with a
mandate to give the people of the urbanisations a voice in the
Town Hall for the very first time. The articles of constitution for
our political party are emphatic in that our responsibility is to
represent the political will of the people, not the political
ambitions of one man. With your support we will continue to work
as independent councillors.
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 GREEN AREAS IN THE
URBANISATIONS...
THE RENOVATION OF MANY OF THE GREEN AREAS
IN THE URBANISATIONS HAS BEGUN. AN APPLICATION FOR A
GRANT BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES ENGLISH
COUNCILLOR LEWIS, FOR 1,800,000 EUROS, WAS APPROVED
BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
CRITERIA.
1. THE PROJECTS APPROVED MUST INCLUDE THE
CREATION OF NEW JOBS FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.
2. THE PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN MUST CREATE A
BIG VISUAL IMPACT ON THE AREA.
SOME
OF THE LARGER GREEN AREAS WILL BE MADE INTO BEAUTIFUL
PEDESTRIAN PARKS WITH OUTDOOR SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES,
OTHERS WILL BE CLEANED UP AND TRANSFORMED TO MAKE THEM IMPROVE THE
APPEARANCE OF THE AREA. AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION THE COUNCIL HAS
AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE WORK TO A LARGE NATIONAL COMPANY
THAT CONTRACTED TO CERTAIN STANDARDS OF QUALITY.THE WORK
IS TO BE COMPLETED
THIS YEAR.
Here is an artists
impression of what Parque del Mosa will be developed into...
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PRO-ACTIVE POLICING IS NOW IN OPERATION IN LA
MARINA....
The
public have been informed in numerous recent newspaper articles and
publications that
anti
social behaviour and abuse of peoples property will not be
tolerated. The Policia Local now have new vehicles and new
officers, they will also work covertly. Officers will
sometimes be in plain clothes and unmarked vehicles to pinpoint
those people involved in anti-social behaviour, those using
illegal cars on the roads and those commiting driving
offences.
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ANIMAL WELFARE LAWS AND OWNERS THAT ALLOW THERE
ANIMALS TO DEFECATE ON PUBLIC PATHS AND GREEN
AREAS....
The
council will soon enforce the animal welfare laws and the
social welfare laws for animals. Any person found neglecting,
abusing or abandoning an animal will be fined. Also, any
person that allows an animal to defecate in public areas
without removing it immediately to dispose of
it correctly will receive a fine. It is important to
realise that EVERY pet must be controlled in public areas with a
collar or harness and a retaining lead at all times, and it
must be registered in the Town Hall animal register.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS OF THE “LA ESCUERA” IBERIAN
TEMPLE
Again this year archaeological excavations were
implement in San Fulgencio on the early Iberian settlement of “La
Escuera” located to
the south of the urbanisation.
The archaeological works are being carried out by
students of archaeology of the University of Alicante, under the
direction of D. Lorenzo Abad Casal, professor of archaeology, Dña.
Feliciana Sala Sellés, teacher of archaeology and D. Jesus Moratalla
Jávega, also a professor of archaeology from the University of
Alicante.
The objective of the current work is to clean and then
graphically record the archaeological remains of the Iberian temple
sanctuary dating back to the third century BC that are visible
thanks to the original work carried out by Swedish archaeologist
Solveig Nordström in June to November 1960. Solveig Nordström,
currently residing in Benidorm, was invited to see the work
currently being performed by the team from Alicante University. She
spent a full day with the team on Thursday 26th July
2007. Now 84 years old
she was overjoyed to see her work, carried out 47 years earlier,
being brought up to date and catalogued.
In the third century BC the “La Escuera” settlement
covered an area of three square kilometres, only a very small
section of this early Iberian City site has been revealed to modern
day man. The goal of the archaeologists who have worked on this site
is to preserve it for future generations. They would dearly love to be
able to spend time unearthing more of the ancient city but funding
for this is a major obstacle. It takes many months, sometimes years,
of delicate and vigilant work to ensure that anything of importance
is not missed or damaged during a dig. They will return in July next
year to continue the excavations of this important site.
Solveig Nordström is a hero to modern day
archaeologists. In 1955 she prevented the destruction of the
archaeological remains of an ancient Roman City located in Alicante
by lying on the ground in front of the bulldozer that had been
brought in to level the ground to make way for a new hotel complex.
Her bravery was reported worldwide and this site is now confirmed to
be the ancient Roman city of “Lucentum”. Her endeavour culminated in the “Lucentum” site
being designated in 1961 as an "Artistic and Historic Monument",
which then afforded it some legal protection. For more information
on Lucentum click here
After
Solveig Nordström’s
excavation of the La Escuera site in 1960 she wrote a book detailing
her work. This book is remarkable as even by today’s standards it is
a very precise record of the archaeological
remains.
The new San Fulgencio councillor Mick Blake stated “We
want to ensure that everyone in this area knows of local historical
treasures. Those who wish to become involved in the protection and
conservation of the local environment will be invited to do so. Most
of the finds from this site and from the “El Oral” excavations (in
the quarry) are on exhibition in the Alicante “MARQ” museum. MARQ museum site
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