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The new Las Pedrizas motorway in Málaga is to be built by the Sacyr-Vallehermoso group, and it should be open by the end of 2009. Construction of the 25 kilometre stretch of dual carriageway will cost about 322 million euros, and it is expected to bring an end to the notorious traffic jams to the north of the provincial capital. The toll charge for using the motorway will probably be fixed at

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Manilva council is to carry out an investigation into three licences granted by in 2001 for the construction of 256 properties in the Aldea Hills area. There are suspicions that there may have been irregularities in the sale of the land by former mayor Emilio López Berenguer, and that the site was not zoned for construction of private housing although council housing could be built there. The

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Owners of properties tucked away in the Estepona countryside are to start paying the IBI tax. The council is drawing up a list of houses; many of them built illegally, in rural areas and is to send the owners tax demands. So far, the local authority has identified 485 properties, of which only 87 are registered for IBI, and has inspected the area between the Camino de Cuesta de Ronda and Camino

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Officials in Mijas have shut down two illegal home-construction projects in a five-day period. The first was a 200-square-metre home in La Alquería and the other a 70-square-metre home in El Hornillo. In both cases work was observed to be still underway following a previous halt-work order. “Based on a recent municipal law, illegal construction works can be shut down without previous warning,”

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The Polaris World construction company has finally been given permission to start construction of its luxury residential complex in Alhama, following final agreement between the PP and the PSOE. The delays on the building have lasted for some 9 months but now appear to be over with permission granted for the first 2,500 homes to be constructed. The second phase of a further 10,000 homes will be

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The Government of Gibraltar signed in January of last year an agreement to develop a commercial zone on its eastern beach. The project is valued at more than a billion pounds sterling and includes the construction of 2,200 apartments, underground parking, a sports port with 300 moorings, a four star hotel with 300 rooms plus commercial and businesses premises. In addition there is to be a new

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El Puerto's Town Planning councillor, Juan Carlos Rodríguez, says that the new Urban Plan will be presented to the council for approval at the end of next month or in early September. The draft project is currently on public display at the offices of the Apemsa water company, and will remain there until the 5th of August. Once any suggested changes have been considered and the Plan has been

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The price of property in Cádiz city went up by 60.7% between 2003 and 2005, according to figures just published by the government, and this makes Cádiz the provincial capital with the third highest increase in property prices in the country. The average rise, nationwide, was 48.5% during the same period, with an average annual increase of 16.2%. The statistics also show that the most expensive

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This is the best year for tourism on the Costa del Sol in the past decade, according to statistics just issued for the first six months of the year. Hotel occupancy has been up by 3% compared with 2005, and is expected to reach 85% in August even though there are 3,000 extra hotel beds available in Málaga province this year as new establishments have opened and others have been enlarged.

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Fuengirola has become the fifth town in the province of Málaga to be officially recognized as a ‘Tourist Resort’ - a description which brings with it certain advantages and privileges. The announcement was made this week, when Chipiona in the province of Cádiz also attained the status, bringing the Andalusian total to 13. The other eleven are Roquetas de Mar (Almería), Conil de la Frontera,

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The Green Party in Málaga have announced that they plan to present City Hall with proposed amendments to the new PGOU Urban Plan for the city, which will include installing solar panels in new homes. The party’s spokesman, Ángel Rodríguez, has said that ‘Málaga city does not comply with any of the Kyoto Protocol stipulations, despite agreements by City Hall to increase use of renewal able energy

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The fact that so many foreigners want to set up their own business in Marbella has led to the creation of a new Advice and Development Centre for entrepreneurs that is unique in Andalucía. In addition to acting as consultants and providing information about training, accommodation and financing to Spanish businesses the centre is also to concentrate on encouraging foreign entrepreneurs all over

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Edificio Luada development consists of 18 apartments with air conditioning, fitted kitchen, video porter and alarm and is located in the centre of Malaga, the capital city of the province and located in the heart of the Costa del Sol; ideal for discovering Granada, Motril, Nerja and the Eastern Costa del Sol or to the west Torremolinos, Benalmádena, Fuengirola, Marbella along the N340 or toll

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La Zarza development is located in La Granja, Algeciras and consists of two bedroom terraced houses with parking place and private garden or patio. The Costa del Sol has a unique micro climate that allows for all year round outdoor pursuits and activities making it the nº1 choice for most Europeans. It is known for its beautiful surroundings, the variety and diversity of the landscapes, mountains

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Los Verdes-Andalucía - the Green Party-Andalucía - have put 5,000 raffle tickets on sale in Vélez Málaga, with first prize going to the person whose ticket bears the same number as the ONCE lottery draw on 27th April 2007. It is part of their campaign to make the public more aware of the need to care for their environment, and to protect donkeys as a species in danger of extinction. The first

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La Línea's tourist office has dealt with 18,389 people in the first six months of this year compared with 12,748 last year. It has reported that occupancy levels have reached 74 per cent, up from 70 per cent for the same period last year, whilst there are now 225 more hotel bedrooms than in 2005.

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It is now possible to travel the 57 kilometres between Jerez and Conil in just half an hour, thanks to the opening of the last part of the Puerto Real bypass earlier this week. This new stretch of highway also links with the A-381 Jerez-Los Barrios via the A-5105 El Pedroso road, which will be used by traffic heading to Algeciras and will reduce congestion in the Bay of Cádiz.

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The Andalucian Supreme Court has suspended the building licence issued by the Almuñecar town hall for the construction of the Medina Cantalobos urbanization in April 2003. The sentence this supports the arguments of the regional government and orders construction to stop because the project is not on build-able land. 22 detached homes are affected in the Pago de Cantalobo area of Almuñécar by the

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Residents in Ronda and various other countryside towns will soon be able to carry out their transactions via the internet. The announcement is part of a regional government plan to streamline the operation of councils in the interior of Andalucía, and will mean that electronic signatures will soon be accepted to pay for council services. This development could signal the end of long,

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Benalmádena Town Hall has announced plans for an across-the-board 10 per cent reduction in its IBI real estate tax rate next year. When added to other discounts already available to ‘exemplary citizens’ of the town, the rate cut will mean potential IBI tax reductions of up to 38 per cent.The 10 per cent reduction, which will apply to all residents, whether registered (‘empadronado’) or not, comes

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A group of 20 construction companies have joined forces on a project in Motril which will be the largest tourism complex on the Costa Tropical, and create more than 1,500 direct jobs. Christened ‘Playa Granada Golf Resort,’ it includes a golf course, luxury hotels, and 2,500 new homes, all surrounded by green areas and commercial centres: two million square metres in total and a massive

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Local councils across the interior of Andalucía will receive a 175 million euro cash injection from a rural development fund. The money to be distributed this year will be used to improve infrastructure in countryside towns and has been raised by the central, regional and provincial governments. Various projects are on the cards already with the construction of parks and gardens, the

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Murcia’s government has announced regional investment of more 7.5 billion € in a Strategic Plan which they say will take the Region to a future of progress, development and improved social welfare. The Plan signed by the regional executive, businesses and unions on Monday has taken 500 people more than a year to draw up. It covers the period from 2007 to 2010, and has five main areas of

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Some 18,000 homes could be built in eight years in the Antequera area, after the new PGOU town plan was passed by the local council recently. That number could rise to 38,000 over the next 25 years as the town prepares for the biggest growth spurt of its history. Antequera’s very fabric is set to change from a rural town to a bustling population centre over the next few years, with the

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Edificio Plaza consists of 18 apartments of 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms with parking space, storage room, air conditioning, alarm, and video entry. This new development is located in the centre of Málaga city. Prices start from €243,692.

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