Brief News From Lanzarote – Week 43

Yellow Alert For Calima

AEMET issued an alert for dust in the air this Thursday morning, with visibility dropping to 3,000 meters. Higher than usual temperatures are expected over the next two days.

New Gap Store Opens In Lanzarote

Fund Grube has opened a Gap store in Lanzarote, at the Soco shopping centre in Puerto del Carmen. It will be the first Gap point of sale on the island.

Haria Reduces Minimum Plot Size

Haria town hall has made changes to the General Urban Plan to allow for new build properties to be on plots of 500 square metres. Previously the minimum plot size was double that amount. the objective is to make it easier for families to split plots to allow younger members to have access to their own houses.

Puerto Calero Road To Be Resurfaced

The LZ506, the road which runs between Puerto del Carmen and Puerto Calero will be resurfaced and strengthened this winter, in a project costing almost 700,000 €. Work is expected to start before the end of the year and will be completed as soon as possible to avoid disruption to traffic.

Around 1500 Attend Protest March

About 1500 protesters walked along the avenida in Puerto del carmen last Sunday, asking for the issue of “Over tourism” to be addresses by the government. The leader of the opposition in The Cabildo, Dolores Corujo, called for The President to present his plans to control tourism, saying “Lanzarote has reached unsustainable levels. We cannot continue to expand the number of tourist beds without first guaranteeing the sustainability of our territory and the quality of life of our residents.”

Second Wave Of Tickets Available For Copa del Rey Match

The second wave of tickets are on sale for the UD Lanzarote match against Real Racing Club de Santander at the sports stadium in Tías. The locus have installed additional seating for the first round match for this year’s prestigious competition.

Christmas Lights Planned For Island’s Roundabouts

The Cabildo has asked companies to tender for the supply of light decorations for all the island’s roundabouts as part of this year’s Christmas celebrations.

Gerry Hutch Arrested In Lanzarote

Gerry Hutch, known as The Monk, was arrested in Lanzarote in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Guardia Civil and Irish police officers made the arrest of Hutch and an unknown number of other people in a joint operation, in Puerto del Carmen, Arrecife and Playa Blanca. It is believed that the arrested will be taken to court in the few days days for crimes related to money laundering.

We’ll add more news here as it comes in this week……

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