Thanks to those who attended last nights meeting in the theatre in Zurgena re the PGOU. I apologise for the hiccup with the computer and the fact that the OHPs were all in Spanish. Luis has promised that it will all be in english at the next meeting next Thursday 22nd at 7.0pm in the Renfe.
I think the majority of those present from the expat community were pleased with what they heard.
I managed to get a bit of time with Candido today about some of our outstanding issues as follows,
Regarding the sewerage treatment plant to the south of Cuesta de los Pinos which has still not been repaired since the flood of 2012 I again asked when we could see an improvement in the situation as we are now facing our 3rd summer with open untreated sewerage. Candido explained that it has been included in theProvincial Plan for approval by the Diputacion (included in this is also funding to complete the sewerage connection from Los Llanos del Peral down to Cuesta de los Pinos) but he then noted that he had not heard any commentary about this issue and that we should have done by now. He said he would make enquiries and if the work was going to be carried out soon then - no problem. However, if he discovered that it was going to take some time we (Zurgena TH) will buy the necessary equipment (€12,500 for the pump and distribution paddle) and try and find the money from somewhere else. He gave me an undertaking that it would be sorted before the end of June!!
I then asked what stage we were at with Nila re the completion of the work on the bowling green. He informed m,e that they have not yet completed the work on the fence and another small part before they can get the contract signed off and we can move to the contract situation.
I asked if I could yet release any of the information regarding the upgrades top the WiFi. Candido said that I could now inform people of the current situation. The reason I was unable to do so before was to prevent any adverse reactions to our new install.
The situation now is that most of those who connect directly with the WiFi signal from the clock tower are now receiving a stable and constant signal, at the bandwidth they are contracted for. The TH engineer has done this in most cases remotely by using a separate computer. The new system is a great enhancement on the old system. It is much more stable, is fully encrypted and therefore much more secure. The security is enhanced by the use of additional servers preventing anyone accessing, through the network, anothers' IP address. I asked if there would be any future opportunity to increase the speed of connection and Candido asked what I wanted the connection for. When I told him live streaming of TV he said that it was more important to have a stable and constant speed rather than a higher speed. I will monitor it over the next few days and feed back to him any issues I have but, he seems quietly confident of the new systems performance.
The engineer states that those connecting directly through the airmax or similar aerials should be getting the signal from the new 5ghz servers. Those accessing indirectly eg through repeater points such as those in low lying on non line of sight areas are having there repeaters changed over during this coming weeks. Tuesday they are finishing La Alfoquia, Wednesday Cuesta de los Pinos, Thursday Los Menchones and the remainder Friday. Palaces has already been completed.
Once all the repeaters and known individual aerials have been changed I will post on here and if anyone, who is a customer of the TH WiFi, is still having a problem the engineer will resolve it. We are sorry it has taken so long to rectify this problem but the list of problems we encountered were many and various. It has not been an easy fix and the entire system has had to be rebuilt from the ground up.
I again asked about when if ever we are going to be able to repair the roads washed out from the storm of 2012 mentioning in particular Calles Finlandia, Hungria and Escocia. Candido said that we have still not been given one euro by the Junta to make these repairs and they would probably be too expensive for us to try and undertake ourselves. He is aware of the situation and will keep it in mind when discussing similar things with the people in Almeria and also should the opportunity arise through any local contractor who may be able to do the work at a price we could afford. I am afraid it is just a question of waiting on this one.
He did inform me that we are still hoping to get the street lights installed and working on both the main street in Cucador/Los Llanos area. That will be Avenida Europa and Avenida Poetas.
I asked Luis today about the library, as we had previously had a conversation about opening the village library in Zurgena and the fact that the Town Hall hoped to have a good sized english section. He agreed that I could issue an appeal to anyone who has any books, that they have no longer any need for, and which could form the basis of the english language section in the library. If anyone does have such books please either get in touch so I can collect them or you can drop them off at the TH. It would be good to contribute to the establishment of our own part of the local library so please help.
Lastly a plea for help. I have been given voting cards for two individuals which had been placed in the wrong post box and they are for a John Robert and Gillian Margaret Neville. If anyone knows them please ask them to get in touch and I will hand them their voting cards.
I think the majority of those present from the expat community were pleased with what they heard.
I managed to get a bit of time with Candido today about some of our outstanding issues as follows,
Regarding the sewerage treatment plant to the south of Cuesta de los Pinos which has still not been repaired since the flood of 2012 I again asked when we could see an improvement in the situation as we are now facing our 3rd summer with open untreated sewerage. Candido explained that it has been included in theProvincial Plan for approval by the Diputacion (included in this is also funding to complete the sewerage connection from Los Llanos del Peral down to Cuesta de los Pinos) but he then noted that he had not heard any commentary about this issue and that we should have done by now. He said he would make enquiries and if the work was going to be carried out soon then - no problem. However, if he discovered that it was going to take some time we (Zurgena TH) will buy the necessary equipment (€12,500 for the pump and distribution paddle) and try and find the money from somewhere else. He gave me an undertaking that it would be sorted before the end of June!!
I then asked what stage we were at with Nila re the completion of the work on the bowling green. He informed m,e that they have not yet completed the work on the fence and another small part before they can get the contract signed off and we can move to the contract situation.
I asked if I could yet release any of the information regarding the upgrades top the WiFi. Candido said that I could now inform people of the current situation. The reason I was unable to do so before was to prevent any adverse reactions to our new install.
The situation now is that most of those who connect directly with the WiFi signal from the clock tower are now receiving a stable and constant signal, at the bandwidth they are contracted for. The TH engineer has done this in most cases remotely by using a separate computer. The new system is a great enhancement on the old system. It is much more stable, is fully encrypted and therefore much more secure. The security is enhanced by the use of additional servers preventing anyone accessing, through the network, anothers' IP address. I asked if there would be any future opportunity to increase the speed of connection and Candido asked what I wanted the connection for. When I told him live streaming of TV he said that it was more important to have a stable and constant speed rather than a higher speed. I will monitor it over the next few days and feed back to him any issues I have but, he seems quietly confident of the new systems performance.
The engineer states that those connecting directly through the airmax or similar aerials should be getting the signal from the new 5ghz servers. Those accessing indirectly eg through repeater points such as those in low lying on non line of sight areas are having there repeaters changed over during this coming weeks. Tuesday they are finishing La Alfoquia, Wednesday Cuesta de los Pinos, Thursday Los Menchones and the remainder Friday. Palaces has already been completed.
Once all the repeaters and known individual aerials have been changed I will post on here and if anyone, who is a customer of the TH WiFi, is still having a problem the engineer will resolve it. We are sorry it has taken so long to rectify this problem but the list of problems we encountered were many and various. It has not been an easy fix and the entire system has had to be rebuilt from the ground up.
I again asked about when if ever we are going to be able to repair the roads washed out from the storm of 2012 mentioning in particular Calles Finlandia, Hungria and Escocia. Candido said that we have still not been given one euro by the Junta to make these repairs and they would probably be too expensive for us to try and undertake ourselves. He is aware of the situation and will keep it in mind when discussing similar things with the people in Almeria and also should the opportunity arise through any local contractor who may be able to do the work at a price we could afford. I am afraid it is just a question of waiting on this one.
He did inform me that we are still hoping to get the street lights installed and working on both the main street in Cucador/Los Llanos area. That will be Avenida Europa and Avenida Poetas.
I asked Luis today about the library, as we had previously had a conversation about opening the village library in Zurgena and the fact that the Town Hall hoped to have a good sized english section. He agreed that I could issue an appeal to anyone who has any books, that they have no longer any need for, and which could form the basis of the english language section in the library. If anyone does have such books please either get in touch so I can collect them or you can drop them off at the TH. It would be good to contribute to the establishment of our own part of the local library so please help.
Lastly a plea for help. I have been given voting cards for two individuals which had been placed in the wrong post box and they are for a John Robert and Gillian Margaret Neville. If anyone knows them please ask them to get in touch and I will hand them their voting cards.
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