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Dog park
Málaga ’ s seventh park for dogs opened in Torrox last month . It covers 300 square metres of coastline at the mouth of the River Torrox with facilities for owners to exercise their pets and keep the area clean . Barbecuing , fishing and human bathing is banned while animals weighing 20 kilos and over must be muzzled .
Reported missing
The body of a 77-year-old man missing in Alcaucín for three days was found near the town . He suffered from Parkinson ’ s disease and is thought to have suffered a heart attack following a fall or stumble . The dead man lived in Torre del Mar and had been visiting the area where he lived until five years ago .
Shellfish plant
The Izquierda Unida group in Vélez- Málaga have proposed that the municipality should apply for European funding to build a shellfish preparation plant at the port in Caleta de Vélez . At present , catches have to be sent to Fuengirola for cleaning before they can be sold . Proponents of the scheme say this adds up to € 1 per kilo to the cost .
Woman stranded
A woman in her 80s was rescued from her home in the Pedregalejo district of Málaga after she was immobilised by a fall . Fire crews broke in after her relatives reported they were unable to contact her . She was found lying on the floor and told her rescuers she had been there for 24 hours unable to move .
Food poisoning
Nine minors on a summer camp at La Viñuela have been treated for possible food poisoning . Six were taken to the Hospital Comarcal in Vélez-Málaga but none was serious enough to be admitted . An investigation opened into the source of the outbreak at the camp for 70 youngsters between 11 and 14 years organised by the ecocultural group Conviven .
President criticised
Andalucía ’ s socialist president Susana Díaz has been criticised by for lack of action in Frigiliana . The PP ’ s secretarygeneral in Málaga says that , on a visit , the president promised to take action formally and quickly to name the town as a Tourist Municipality but weeks later the process has not been started . Patricia Navarro added the regional government has not invested much in Frigiliana in recent years .
Torrox plans its coastal pathway
Plans have been drawn up for a section of the future Málaga Coastal Path along the coastline of Torrox . Last month , proposals for four related projects were presented by the provincial government to the municipality for consideration . The path will cover 3.5 kilometres between the Jardines del Mar urbanisation and the border between Torrox and Nerja . Municipal officials are now studying the plans which must receive approval from the Costas department and the regional government before work starts . Construction will include safety measures including high containment barriers where the pathway passes along the foot of cliffs .
The first stretch of one kilometre will be a pathway running east from the Jardines del Mar urbanisation to the Barranco del Agua . The next 1.5 kilometres will reach Calaceite beach and include a lookout point at Peñoncillo . A further 757 metres will reach La Restinga restaurant and the final 253 metres will reach the border with Nerja . The path will vary in width up to a maximum of two metres ,
The prosecutor investing how an illegal rubbish dump in Nerja was allowed to grow unchecked for almost 16 years has excluded about half of the 40 suspects initially named . The probe into the dump at Rio de la Miel began following a complaint in May 2016 and led to an investigation by a Torrox court after which the Junta de Andalucía initiated disciplinary proceedings against the municipality .
During years of uncontrolled use , construction and demolition debris including hazardous waste , plus garden cuttings and plastic were dumped there . Over 40 people , including business owners and public officials , were under investigation by the Torrox court for possible offences including crimes against the environment , forgery , fraud and membership of a criminal group , plus negligent
Playa Peñoncillo
depending on space available .
At its western end , the coastal pathway will link to the 30-metre bridge over the River Güí which opened in May , leading walkers into the municipality of Vélez-Málaga .
The path through Torrox is part of the Senda Litoral de Málaga ( Malaga Coastal Path ), a 184 kilometre pathway for walkers and cyclists following the entire coast of Málaga province , from the Balcón de Europa in Nerja westwards to Castillo de la Duquesa in Manilva . Work began in 2014 , and , once completed in 2021 , the longdistance route will be a major tourist attraction for the Costa del Sol .
Fewer suspects in Nerja dump probe
environmental and administrative deception .
Last month , the office of Málaga ’ s provincial prosecutor told the investigating court that it was proposing to drop further investigation into a number of business owners as well as three former Partido Popular councillors in Nerja - Jonathan Méndez , José Alberto Tomé and Antonio Garcia – and the PSOE councillor for infrastructure José María Rivas . The territorial delegate for the Environment , Adolfo Moreno , is also to be excluded .
However , former Nerja mayor José Alberto Armijo of the PP and the present mayor Rosa Arrabal of the PSOE remain in the prosecutor ’ s sights , along with a number of others including seven business leaders .
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