Lanzarote News In Brief – Week 12

Truck Gets Stuck On Road To Femés

An 18 metre long truck got stuck trying to climb the road from Las Breñas to Femés at the weekend. It was unable to continue up the hill, so the road was closed by Guardia Cilvil for 20 minutes while they guided it back down.

15,000 Enjoy St Patrick’s Day Celebrations

Thousands lined The Strip for the main parade, and around 15,000 visited the old harbour in Puerto del Carmen, while many others enjoyed drinks and live entertainment in the many Irish bars of the resort last weekend.

Heavy Calima On Sunday

The island suffered a calima on Sunday, the fourth of this year so far, and very high temperatures, with 33 degrees recorded in Haria.

Two Lanzarote Teams Vying For Promotion

After UD Lanzarote won, and US Yaiza drew their matches at the weekend, the two team remain in with a chance of promotion from the 3rd division. UD Lanzarote are in third place, and only two points behind the league leaders, with UZ Yaiza in fourth.

Action On Bad Odours In Costa Teguise

Action will be taken in the next few months to renovate the sewage pumping stations in Costa Teguise, which are creating bad smells along the promenade, as they are not operating correctly.

Over 23% Of Islands Residents Are Foreign

36,700 residents of the island, 23.13% of the total population, are immigrants. In the year 2000, only 6% of the island’s residents were foreign.

By Country:

  • United Kingdom 6,500
  • Colombia 5,400
  • Italy 4,200
  • Morocco 3,800
  • Germany 2,200
  • China 1,400
  • Romania 1,000
  • Ireland 900

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

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