Well maybe there might be enough of euros left for a permanent bus route to CE !

I hope so too.
Kath

I don't think you would be allowed to spend the Guarantees money on a bus service. However there were other things that were part of the planing approval overall that we keep being promised around election time that just do NOT APPEAR!!

There should be a clinic, pharmacy. kindergarten and sport facilities. Before the last election both mayoral candidates came to Esuri and laid out the vision which was an initial portacabin provision of a joint clinic, pharmacy and police post. The land for these is set aside just north of the shop and there is already a large concrete hardstanding with foul and surface water drainage where the workers canteen used to be. Electricity used to be by overhead power lines but even that could be linked in to the nearby step down transformer.

To me the biggest disappointment is not that the things that should be there are not but that something as simple as a posting box (which I assume Correos would provide at no cost to anyone) is beyond provision. There is a simple cast iron one on a post down at Canela beside the sport facility run by the Ayuntamiento but we are not good enought to have anything. Even the stolen lights cable from motorway to the viaduct has not been replaced so at this time of year it is a very dark and gloomy kilometer on the entrance to our development.

"Even the stolen lights cable from motorway to the viaduct has not been replaced so at this time of year it is a very dark and gloomy kilometer on the entrance to our development."



Did they steal the small power station by the fish farm as well, I noticed last time I was there it had gone

No it is still there and they are enlarging it.

Fantastic !!! This news is wonderful, I had posted on another thread about the Fadesa that bond that was due for CE and I am delighted that the Mayor has gone public to say the money will be directed to "us". Let's hope it is all directed to CE and is spent wisely. Not a McD eater myself but it is great that they are opening a franchise in La Plaza and it is brilliant that private investors are going to build a Water Park at the entrance to CE. I cannot help but say IF, IF and be a little cynical as we have had false promises before but I am hopeful and it is not chinese whispers, the mayor has said this publicly so lets hope he does not renage. Surprised no mention at all was made of the proposed Marina ???

Also hearing that ex-Jags will be opening as a resto called Vista Verde - can anybody confirm this for sure and, if true, when will it be opening ?

Mel

Just looked other thread and have seen your post Mike, thanks for the news on VV

Just checking about the bond; can anyone confirm the amount at I thought it was €6m but the report state €5m ????


Who will decide how and where it is spent on CE ?

Thanks

Mel

About €5+ m is what has always been quoted. There are various separate guarantee's and they can only be spent on what they guaranteeing. So for instance the infrastructure such as roads and sewers may be covered by one then the water supply by another. The first one was for a million plus and probably covers the infrastructure.

So any thing that was supposed to be provided under the planning approval by FADESA would be covered. That of course would not cover the second 4star or the 5star hotels or the shopping centre since they were to be commercial provisions.

I made a Boo Boo.Just before Christmas we could hear and see what a distance appeared to be a pile driver which worked till late and at weekends this was accompanied by a very large hydraulic crane so we assumed an extension was happening. When we returned after Christmas it was all gone and only a smallish step down transformer remains so yes no on site power generation.

Should we be worried ...no on site power generation ? Was that power for just the fish farm ? I'm confused.

Thank you for the explanation about the bond money John.

Regards

Mel

I don't think so. It was not for the fish farm although they did benefit from the waste heat from the cooling water which speeded up the growth of the prawns.

I think it was general reinforcement of the power network in this end of Huelva. If you go back to about 2005/6 there was much concern with the need for extra capacity for the new build all along the coast from Punta Umbria to Ayamonte. This has gradually occurred in parallel with the almost complete stopping of building so the network must now be regarded as robust enough to dispense with the reinforcement of this small gas fired generation station (which must have been expensive electricity).

Phew ! Thanks John

McD's in May?

http://www.huelvahoy.com/noticias/el...brira-en-mayo/

Hi Carol, we were given a heads up re this a while ago. A few people have put comments on FB about it basically saying that although it is good with regards to much needed jobs why would you want hamburgers when there is so much lovely Spanish food around. I can't open your link (could be just a glitch on my iPad) but I was told it was going to be in Mercadona's overflow car park next to the BP station, is this still the case? Back tomorrow, Bryony