TOWN HALL

A viability study for the Trapiche del Prado residence allocates 26 beds to a private operator. The concession runs for 13 years with no annual canon paid to the town hall.

The utility has tendered three contracts to rehabilitate 7.89 kilometres of pipe between Marbella and Estepona. The work uses structural lining to seal the network against saltwater intrusion.

Marbella Town Hall has awarded the contract to renovate Calle Los Romeros and its extension to Calle Málaga. The sole bidder, Acsa Obras e Infraestructuras, secured the job at EUR 682,030.77.

Five firms have bid to manage 3,583 surface parking spaces in Rincón de la Victoria for ten years. The town hall estimates the contract value at €12.5m.

The Plaza de Toros becomes a food court from August 12 to 16, with ten vendors competing for votes. Entry is free; the calories are not.

A University of Málaga study tracks a forty-fold increase in e-scooter accident rates between 2018 and 2023. The annual economic cost has multiplied by more than 30.

The town hall has opened a public consultation on plans to replace the closed theme park with a larger amusement site, a shopping centre and two hotels. Comments on the preliminary outline must be submitted via the electronic registry or in person before the August 18 deadline.

Residents have until 18 August to comment on the Tivoli World overhaul, which adds a shopping centre and two hotels to the amusement park. The developer Tremón must still draft the detailed urban plan after the regional environmental report.

The town hall is outsourcing maintenance for 1,337 trees in Los Álamos, citing insufficient internal resources for the required crane work. The two-year contract, extendable by another two, carries a base budget of €252,929.48 per year.

The mayor's son contests a court order to seize his villa, linked to €230,000 in a money laundering case where prosecutors traced the property's mortgage payment to drug trafficking funds.

Guardia Civil seized 26 roosters and hens from an illegal breeding operation in Alhaurín el Grande, where birds showed fight injuries and mutilated combs in facilities with 'significant hygiene problems'. The market: not all feathers are decorative.

Residents of Calanova Golf urbanisation escalated a four-year battle against a nearby recycling plant, citing five fires, 80-decibel morning noise and health impacts from dust. Their demand: relocation.

A €6M budget modification includes €1.6M to comply with a TSJA ruling on Más Cerca employee salaries, following an earlier €3.2M payment in April.

Estepona's EUR 1.36M boulevard project is 60% complete on Avenida Juan Carlos I, with a 300-space municipal car park (EUR 1/day) and pedestrian promenades linking the seafront to the historic centre.

Estepona's new underground car park will open this summer with over 300 spaces, joining the town's existing 2,000 municipal spots at €1 per day.

284 public contracts worth €138M remain unassigned in Andalucía as construction firms reject bids over outdated pricing, with material costs up 42% for bitumen and 41% for energy since March.

A 4,000m² pump track for bikes and skateboards will join Torremolinos' sports facilities, with a tender budget of €626,356.50. The housing market: unmentioned.

The mayor and five councillors of Frigiliana exercised their right to remain silent in court over alleged contract irregularities, citing a late-delivered 1,000-page case file with 'unintelligible' recordings.

Malaga city will tender a €3M/year contract for 1,000 electric bikes and 100 charging stations, with EMT overseeing a pricing model that starts at €0.30 for the first half-hour. The last scheme: remembered.

Estepona's debut marathon on October 11 will cap entries at 3,000 runners, with standard bibs at €60 and VIP packages reaching €160. The course: flat, coastal, and approved by 1,000 international entrants.

The city council voted 10-1 to ask Plaza Mayor and McArthurGlen Designer Outlet to secure staff consent before extending summer shopping hours to midnight. The debate: brief. The motion: passed.

Mijas is awarding contracts for six new car parks totalling 2,450 spaces, alongside a €5.7M public-space repair programme running through 2030. The holiday paradise: paved.

Málaga's local government has approved a €33.2M contract for a public bike-share system, with 1,000 electric bikes and 100 stations to be rolled out over the next decade. The EMT will oversee the service, which may later expand to 2,000 bikes.

Benalmadena residents can ride the cable car free on the last weekend of each month through February 2027, with a daily cap of 500 tickets and a mandatory promo code requested mid-month.

Mijas town hall is piloting drone-cleaning for hard-to-reach municipal surfaces, with a water-filtered UAV now scrubbing the panoramic elevator and town hall facade. The safety measures: a flight permit, a perimeter and a lifeline.

A power cut left 300 residents without electricity for 14 hours after a low-voltage grid overload, with Endesa's new transformer still three weeks away. The compensation: pending.

The €40M project, set to open in 2028, will include advanced medical equipment and generate 250 jobs at full capacity. The ambition: Axarquía-wide care.

The failed 1960s hydroelectric dam, built on porous karst rock, briefly held water after January's storms before draining dry through its cracks: a cycle locals call 'the ghost reservoir'.

A San Roque family whose home was flooded three times this year has yet to receive the financial help and repairs promised by officials. The paperwork: filed. The response: absent.

The town has delivered 95% of its five-million-euro EU sustainability plan, with seven new shaded seafront areas and 650 trees planted. The remaining 5%: unaccounted.

Arturo’s Bar, Marbella’s last surviving 80s music venue, enters its 43rd year. The rockabilly and rock-and-roll institution resisted Jesús Gil’s 90s crackdown on Puerto Deportivo nightlife.

A Granada firm will install two lifts and rest areas along the Camino del Agua route for six months' work: €558,711.17, tax included.

Residents of the Málaga neighborhood report five days without electricity in peak summer heat, despite paying their bills. The conditions: inhumane. The response: pending.

Fuengirola and Mijas' Las Lagunas district join Sevilla's Coria del Río on West Nile alert after virus-carrying mosquitoes turned up in traps; five mild human cases confirmed this season.

Residents took to the streets after another night without electricity: no fans, no air conditioning, and spoiled food in 30°C heat.

The city will host the fifth leg of the T100 World Championship Tour on 18-19 September 2027, alongside Gold Coast, Singapore, San Francisco, Vancouver, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the French Riviera.

The regional government has stepped up mosquito control measures across 15 municipalities, with the alert lasting at least four weeks.

The pre-season friendly moves to Marbella’s Banús Football Center after Leicester deemed Algeciras’ pitch unfit. Capacity: 1,700.

The town hall has commissioned designs for two multi-storey car parks, adding 650 spaces near a school and in Mijas Pueblo. Four more projects will bring the total to 2,450 spaces.

Residents can ride for free on the last weekend of each month until 2027: 500 tickets per day, plus a night-time surcharge for astronomy sessions in summer.