The circus arts centre, Zirkozaurre, founded en 2012, has moved to the first floor of the former Artiach factory. Its former centre, located in the first phase of the Zorrotzaurre Project is shortly to be demolished. The new installations total almost 1.000 m2., with an open area of 400 m2. for aerial acrobats, jugglers, dance, aerial yoga, clowns and Pilates, as well as a 7 metre by 9 metre stage. Training is offered for anybody interested in circus performance with training for amateurs and professional companies, as well as the possibility of hosting new artistic projects. The opening of the…

The Bilbao City Council decided yesterday to extend the period for the finalising of the works to open up the Deusto Canal by three months with a new termination date expected to be March 2017. Council members explained that the delay is due to the establishment of a new safer, environmentally sound and sustainable excavation plan The land involved will now be excavated in three phases instead of in one operation with the construction of a steel wall to delimit the area to avoid water filtering into the extraction zone, which will be carried out by floating dredgers. This change…

This morning, at a meeting presided over by the Mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto and the Minister for employment and Social Policy, Angel Toña, the design of the new bridge, which is to join San Igancio to Zorrotzaurre, was presented. The project was designed by the civil engineers, Enrique Elkoroberezibar y Sergio Saiz, of LKS Ingeniería. The bridge will be 75 metres long without supports in the water and will be 28 metres wide. The breakdown of the width is: 6.7 metres for two traffic lanes, 7.0 metres for 2 bus lanes, 2.5 metres for a cycle path and…