Igualatorio Médico Quirúrigico officlally inaugurated their new clinic, known as Clínica IMQ Zorrotzaurre, this morning. It is the largest private health facility in the Basque Country. Located on the Deusto riverside area of Botica Vieja (close to the Euskalduna bridge), the new clinic, designed by architects Carlos Ferrater and Alfonso Casares to be eco-efficient and sustainable uses cutting-edge technology to offer integral treatment of all the medical specialisations. It will employ 350 health professionales. Over 6 floors and 3 underground levels (over 40,000m2 of floor space), the clinic has 157 rooms with 210 beds and offers a critical care unit,…

Today, the Bilbao City Council gave definitive approval to the modification of the General Plan for Urban Planning in Bilbao for Zorrotzaurre. This modification, which affects articles 9.2.9.3 and 9.2.12.1, was provisionally approved by the Council last January 26th. This modification allows the agreement reached several months ago between the Basque Government and the Bilbao City Council on the financing of the future bridges to link Zorrotzaurre to Deusto and San Ignacio to become effective. The bridge which will link the future island to Deusto will be financed by the Zorrotzaurre Management Commission, while the bridge linking Zorrotzaurre to San…

The period of information to the public of the Zorrotzaurre Special Plan has finished with a total of 38 allegations of which 3 arrived after the closing date. Of the 35 accepted allegations; 15 were from owners of existing homes, 4 from neighbourhood associations, 6 from other associations and entities, 4 from companies and 6 from private individuals. The Management Commission, once the written allegations have been considered, will issue a report for the Bilbao City Council which will include its opinion on whether or not to accept the different proposals presented. The City Council will take the final decision…