By Cathy Elelman • Published: 24 Jun 2020 • 21:06
PLANS: The Port Authority is aiming to start construction of the lighthouse in Marina de la Torre in the auturm CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Mojacar
A NEW lighthouse in Costa Almeria holiday destination Mojacar Playa could be sending out signals to ships sailing along the province’s Levante coast by early next year. Almeria Port Authority (APA) President Jesus Caicedo has told Mojacar mayor Rosa Maria Cano the intention is to start construction of the lighthouse on Marina de la Torre’s Moro Manco hill in the autumn and for it to be operational within the first few months of 2021. Architect Alfonso Mortilla explained details of the project at this week’s meeting, which was also attended by APA Director Juan Manuel Reyes and by the Director of Planning Antonio Bayo. CREDIT: Puerto de Almeria Twitter @puertoalmeria As well as the construction of the lighthouse itself on a 221 square metre plot ceded by Mojacar Council and works on a road leading up to it, the €300,000 APA project includes the creation of a viewing point and surrounding gardens. Jesus Caicedo thanked Mojacar Council for its collaboration on the initiative and for “supporting a project which will improve the maritime signals systems on the Levante coast of the province, and therefore the safety of ships and sailors.”
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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