 21
Aug 2017 |
POLICE
AND VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST PASSAGE
OF LA VUELTA THROUGH XÀBIA
The
Department of Public Safety has made the necessary preparations
for the passage of the 2017 edition of the world famous
La Vuelta a España through Xàbia
this Sunday 27th August. Like the 2015 edition, the
race stage, which is beginning in Orihuela at 1pm,
will enter the town via the Carretera de Gata and pass
along Avenida Palmela to the south of the historic centre
and then along the Avenida del Pla through the Arenal
to join the Travesía Cansalades through Pinosol
towards El Poble Nou del Benitatxell where this stage,
the ninth of the 21, will finish at the top of the mountain
of Puig Llorença above the Urbanisation Cumbre
del Sol.
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21 Aug 2017
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TENDER
AWARDED FOR RENOVATION OF AVENIDA
LEPANTO
The
Ayuntamiento de Xàbia has awarded the tender
for the renovation of Avenida Lepanto to Valencia-based
construction company Pavasal SA who had produced a bid
to complete the project for 72,000 euros, well below
the estimated budget of 109,000 euros. The work will
start in mid-September after the fiestas of Mare de
Déu de Loreto and should take about two
months to complete, although the company estimates that
it should only take half that time to finish the job.
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 20
Aug 2017 |
CARRETERA
DE JESÚS POBRE TO BECOME NETWORK
OF ROUNDABOUTS
The
Diputación de Alicante has revealed plans to
drastically change the layout of the Carretera de Jesús
Pobre CV-735 between Xàbia and La Xara by installing
a network of mini-roundabouts to improve safety along
a stretch of road that has become renowned for accidents.
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16 Aug 2017
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2017
PROGRAMME - FIESTAS MARE DE
DÉU DE LORETO
The
programme of acts for the fiestas honour Mare de Déu
de Loreto, also known as the "port
fiesta" has been released with a number
of changes and new additions as well as
the popular acts of the Bous a la Mar, the
float parade, the correfocs and the aquatics
fireworks finale on September 8th.
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 14
Aug 2017 |
PREMIS
9 D'OCTUBRE VILA DE XÀBIA WINNERS
ANNOUNCED
The
2017 winners of the Premios 9 d'Octobre Vila de Xàbia
have been announced after unanimous agreement
with ACNUR (the Spanish acronym for the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)) to receive the Solidarity
award and the Cofradía del Nazareno to be handed
the Civic Values award. The awards will be rubber-stamped
at the next Council meeting which will take place at
the end of this month.
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10 Aug 2017
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XÀBIA
BEACHES SUFFER DAMAGE AFTER
SUMMER STORM
A
summer storm which hit Xàbia yesterday and especially
overnight brought torrential rains and stormy seas which
has caused major damage to two of the municipality's
popular coves as well as personal property across the
urbanisations. Weather stations at Viveros Montgó
Verd and Cap de la Nau collected 143.4mm and 135.7mm
of rain respectively whilst many other stations including
the Port, Platja de l'Arenal, La Grandella and Freginal
collected more than 100mm. Stormy seas also battered
the coastline, causing damage in several places, before
becoming calmer throughout this morning.
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|  10
Aug 2017
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PORT
FIESTA TO WELCOME BACK DECORATED
STREETS COMPETITION
Decorated
streets are set to make a comeback at the end of the
month after the organising committee of the Festes Mare
de Déu de Loreto - aka the 'port fiesta' - introduces
the concept in its 2017 programme in collaboration with
the Xàbia Port business association of traders
and business people in the port area.
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 09
Aug 2017
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AYUNTAMIENTO
FINALISES TENDER DETAILS FOR
NEW AUDITORIUM
The
Ayuntamiento de Xàbia has finalised the details
of the tender for one of the most symbolic projects
of the current legislature: a new auditorium theatre
with a capacity for 524 people which will fulfill all
the technical and theatrical requirements to host concerts
and shows of a large format. This new infrastructure
responds to the constant demand of cultural groups in
the town.
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09 Aug 2017
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XÀBIA
PRESENTS ITS URBAN PLAN TO REGIONAL
AUTHORITIES
Mayor
José Chulvi and councillor Isabel Bolufer (Town
Planning) met with the Director-General of Town Planning
José Luis Ferrando in Valencia last month to
present the updated PGOU - the General Urban Plan -
that is being reviewed by the public at the moment.
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09 Aug 2017
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MORE
THAN 400,000 EUROS WILL BE INVESTED
IN RE-SURFACING PROJECT
The
Ayuntamiento de Xàbia has approved a plan for
the resurfacing of more than 42,000 square metres of
road in the municipality valued at 434,314.70 euros.
Companies interested in bidding for the contract to
carry out this work have been able to present their
bids after the tender process was opened last month
with the publication of the proposal in the Boletín
Oficial de la Provincia. The contract will be awarded
to the bid which offers the lowest economical solution.
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|  07
Aug 2017
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THE
VOICE WILL BE THE MAIN INSTRUMENT
OF XÀBIA JAZZ 2017
The
traditional fiestas of Portitxol take place this weekend,
the eighth edition of the revived celebrations which
combine the best of Valencian traditions and culture
with music, dancing and games. As always, the festivities
will be taking place in the grounds of the grand farmhouse
opposite the stone cross of Portitxol which overlooks
the island of the same name.
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04 Aug 2017
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AMBOLO
PARKING BAN AIMS TO ENSURE ACCESS
TO EMERGENCY SERVICES
After
a number of incidents in the past few weeks, the Ayuntamiento
de Xàbia has decided to implement parking
prohibitions in Calle Guiseppe Verdi, the primary access
road to the popular Cala Ambolo. This measure has been
taken after advice from both the Policía Local
and the Cruz Roja about the difficulties that have been
suffered by the emergency services which have tried
to attend to incidents in the zone.
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|  03
Aug 2017
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FORUM
WILL SHOW AYUNTAMIENTO'S COMMITMENT
TO CHANGE TOURIST STRATEGY
The Ayuntamiento
de Xàbia has taken another step towards its commitment
to change its tourist strategy by organising the workshop
"Mediterrània Xàbia Fòrum
Destins Sostenibles" - 'Mediterranean Xàbia
Sustainable Destinations Forum' - for the 26th and 27th
October, a seminar which will provide an opportunity
to analyse and discuss with other municipalities how
to adjust the model so that tourism doesn't damage the
local lifestyle or ruin the principles that are attractive
to visitors.
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02 Aug 2017
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COSTA
NOVA RESIDENTS DISCUSS GRANADELLA
PROJECT
Almost
50 residents met on Monday evening to discuss the effect
of the Granadella 'park-and-ride' pilot project on their
neighbourhood and community, the consequence of which
had been described last month as a 'living hell' after
streets had become clogged with parked cars and driveways
blocked by vehicles as well as an increase in rubbish
strewn across the area.
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 01
Aug 2017 |
XÀBIA
JAZZ 2017 OPENS WITH PRESENTATION
TO CIFU
The 2017
edition of the Xàbia Jazz music festival opens
this Friday with a presentation dedicated to the
radio journalist and jazz aficionado Juan Cluadio Cifuentes
'Cifu' who was closely linked to the event and was presenter
of some of its editions. On Friday 4th August,
the biography entitled 'Juan Claudio Cifuentes, Una
Vida de Jazz, Una Vida con Swing' - 'A Life of Jazz,
A Life of Swing' - will be presented in the Ruirau d'Arnauda
where the arena for the main
festival events will be erected.
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 31
Jul 2017 |
LIVING
CHESS SUCCESS DESPITE SWELTERING
CONDITIONS
The 21st
edition of the Ajedrez Viviente de Xàbia - the
Living Chess of Xàbia - took place last Saturday
in the sweltering conditions of the Pabellón
de Deportes in the port, a special event organised by
the Comisión de Fiestes Mare de Déu de
Loreto since 1996 and has for the past fifteen years
held the distinction of 'Fiesta de Interés Turístico
Nacional'. Sponsored by the Ayuntamiento de Xàbia
and this year with the collaboration of Caixabank, the
event is free to attend and an estimated audience of
a little more than 1,000 people witness this year's
special act.
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